MANILA, Philippines — Philippine health authorities on Sunday reported the country's first case of the Lambda variant of COVID-19, along with 182 more infections of the Delta variant. The Department of Health said a 35-year-old woman tested positive for Lambda, a variant of interest first detected in Peru. Lambda, which is also called C.37, was classified a variant of interest by the World Health Organization on June 14. Of the new Delta variant infections, the health agency said 112 are local cases, 36 are Filipinos returning from overseas, and 34 are still up for verification. This development brought the country's total count of Delta cases to 807.

Source: Philippine Star August 15, 2021 08:25 UTC