(Eagle News) — The Philippines logged over 4,000 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, Aug. 4.
According to the Department of Health, the 4439 new cases pushed the total cases to 3,790,309.
Of these, 34,213 were active.
Of the regions, Metro Manila logged the highest number of new COVID-19 cases in the last 14 days, with 14879.
It was followed by Region IV-A with 9,507, Central Luzon with 4,673, Western Visayas with 2,707 and Central Visayas with 2,061.
Of the cities and provinces, Cavite logged the highest number of new COVID-19 cases in the last 14 days with 3249, followed by Quezon City with 3,219, Laguna with 2,614, and Manila with 1,795.
Rizal followed suit with 1,733.
Recoveries rose to 3,695,323.
The COVID-19 death toll is at 60,733.
Earlier, the DOH said the first two cases of the Omicron subvariant BA.2.75 or Centaurus were detected in the Philippines.
(Eagle News Service)