MANILA, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) — The Philippines reported 21,819 new COVID-19 infections on Friday, pushing the number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 2,910,664.
The Department of Health (DOH) said the country’s positivity rate for coronavirus tests rose to 40 percent, and 129 more people died from COVID-19 complications, bringing the country’s death toll to 51,871.
Ten laboratories failed