(ANSA) - ROME, MARCH 29 - For the first time, the Philippines recorded today over 10 thousand coronavirus infections, exactly 10,016, the third record daily peak in the country in the last five days. The health ministry reported this, specifying, in its daily bulletin, that the total of confirmed cases has thus risen to 731,894, while coronavirus needs are a total of 13,186, of which 16 victims only today. The Guardian reports it.
Just today in Manila and its surroundings a new lockdown that affects 24 million people comes into force, in an attempt to ease the pressure on the collapsing hospitals.
According to GMA News, a local network, the total active cases in the country right now are 115,495. (HANDLE).