MANILA, Philippines — On the second week of modified enhanced community quarantine and the 152nd day since ECQ was first hoisted in March, health officials added 3,420 new cases of the coronavirus on Sunday, bringing its total to 161,253 patients. Accompanying the new cases are 40,397 new recoveries and 65 additional deaths, bringing their totals to 112,586 and 2,665 respectively. The "time-based" recoveries are part of the department's "mass recovery adjustment" under its Oplan Recovery initiative. In terms of policy, the eleven days of modified enhanced community quarantine thus far have been no different from the previous MECQ. JUST IN | DOH announces that it will report another "mass recovery adjustment" as part of its Oplan Recovery initiative.

Source: Philippine Star August 16, 2020 08:26 UTC