Philippines logs 5,881 new coronavirus infections

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health reported Friday 5,881 more people contracted the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19, bringing the total number of cases of the respiratory disease in the country to 1,461,455.

• Active cases: 51,902 or 3.6% of the total
• Recoveries: 3,003, pushing total to 1,383,833
• Fatalities: 70, bringing death toll to 25,720

What's new today?

• The government's pandemic task force eased movement restrictions on children, allowing kids as young as five years old to go outdoors in areas under general community quarantine and modified GCQ.
   
• The Philippines received a shipment of 1,124,100 doses of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine last night donated by Japan. It will get 2,028,000 more doses of the same jab later today from the COVAX facility.
   
• The country is setting an ambitious target of vaccinating 90% of all senior citizens in the country by the end of July. So far, only 10.41% of the 8.27 million senior citizens in the Philippines have been fully vaccinated.

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