Only One Province In PH Remains COVID-19-Free

Only one province in the Philippines that remained COVID-19-free.

Considering that the Philippines already had over 115,000 total COVID-19 cases, there’s only one province in the country that remained COVID-19-free.

Only one province
Only one province in the country that remained COVID-19-free. Photo from ABS-CBN News

An information from the Department of Health (DOH) — which was processed by an Investigative and Research Group from ABS-CBN — appeared that only the entire province of Batanes remained COVID-19-free.

Among the provinces where no COVID-19 case was previously recorded, Masbate already had the most active cases today and followed by Sarangani. In addition, 13 provinces also seemed to have increased the number of active COVID-19 cases in just two weeks.

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As of 4:00 p.m. of Wednesday, August 5, the Department of Health reported 3,462 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 115,980. In addition, the DOH reported 66,270 total recoveries, 2,123 total fatalities, and 47,587 total active cases.

Meanwhile, Metro Manila topped the list of areas with the highest number of new coronavirus cases as of August 5 only, followed by Laguna, Rizal, Cavite, and Cebu.

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