COVID-19 cases in PNP climb to 48,729 with 8 new infections

The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Sunday said it has recorded eight new COVID-19 cases, driving up the total tally of coronavirus infections to 48,729.

Of this number, 265 are active cases.

Twenty-nine cases have recovered, thus the total recoveries reached 48,336.

The death toll meanwhile remained at 128.

The Department of Health (DOH) on Saturday recorded 3,792 new COVID-19 infections increasing the nationwide tally to 3,634,368. 

Active cases totaled 84,229.

The DOH said recoveries climbed by 10,662 to 3,495,209, while 76 new fatalities pushed the death toll to 54,930. —KG, GMA News