MANILA, Philippines — Health authorities on Tuesday said 4,734 more Filipinos contracted the COVID-19, raising the total count to 1,113,547. Active cases saw a decrease of 3,145 from yesterday's 59,897, as more recoveries are seen under a daily "time-based" reporting. The last time this count was below 60,000 was in March 16. The Department of Health said too that 12 laboratories did not submit testing results. Active cases: 56,752 or 5.1% of the totalRecoveries: 7,837, bringing the number to 1,038,175Deaths: 59, or now 18,620 in totalWhat's new today?

Source: Philippine Star May 11, 2021 07:52 UTC