MANILA, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) — The Philippines’ Department of Health (DOH) reported 14,786 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, pushing the total number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 2,580,173.
The DOH also reported that 164 more people died from COVID-19 complications, bringing the country’s death toll to 38,656.
The Philippines, with a population of 110 million, has tested nearly 20 millio