MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang lamented on Sunday how some seem to “blatantly ignore” the rest of the country’s data on the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) when citing the total number of confirmed cases of the illness. “We find it unfortunate that some quarters cannot seem to see the forest for the trees when they cite the cumulative number of cases and blatantly ignore the rest of the COVID-19 data,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a statement. “Nonetheless, we sympathize with the families who lost their members and loved ones due to COVID-19. The Department of Health reported an additional 2,241 COVID-19 fresh and late cases on Sunday, bringing the nationwide count to 67,456. Meanwhile, the total number of recoveries is now at 22,465, while the death toll is at 1,831.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 19, 2020 10:41 UTC