COVID-19 cases in PH: 707 with 45 deaths

MANILA, Philippines — Seventy-one new confirmed cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were recorded by the Department of Health (DOH) on Thursday, raising the total to 707.

The death toll also climbed to 45, with seven new fatalities, as of 4 p.m. Thursday, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III announced.

The number of COVID-19 patients who recovered jumped to 28 following two new recoveries.

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