A janitor cleans the hand railings inside an almost empty mall in Manila, the Philippines, on May 19, 2020. The Philippine health department on Tuesday reported that 224 more people have contracted the new coronavirus, bringing the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country to 12,942. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)
MANILA, May 19 (Xinhua) -- The Philippine health department on Tuesday reported that 224 more people have contracted the new coronavirus, bringing the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country to 12,942.
In a daily bulletin, the Department of Health (DOH) said 114 more patients have recovered from the disease, bringing the number of recoveries to 2,843. It added that six more patients have died from the COVID-19, bringing the death toll to 837.
The DOH said 174 cases, or 78 percent, of the daily cases were reported in Metro Manila, 33 cases, or 15 percent, were reported from other parts of the country, and 17 cases, or 7 percent, in the Central Visayas region in the central Philippines.
