MANILA, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) — The Philippines’ Department of Health (DOH) reported 288 new COVID-19 infections on Thursday, pushing the number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 2,837,903.
The DOH also reported that 65 more people died from COVID-19 complications, bringing the country’s death toll to 50,981.
As many as 11 laboratories failed to submit data, and two were non-operational, a