Philippines logs 179 new cases, active infections down to 9,395

The Philippines on Monday logged 179 new COVID-19 cases, marking the second straight day with fewer than 200 new cases.

According to DOH data, the active COVID-19 cases decreased to 9,395 from Sunday's 9,493.

It was the second straight day that the active cases went down and the 10th straight day of more than 9,000 active cases.

The Philippines has now recorded 4,083,842 COVID-19 cases with 4,008,022 recoveries.

There are 257 recoveries logged on Monday, the highest in five days. It was the second straight day that there were more new recoveries than new cases.

There were five new deaths on Monday, bringing the total deaths to 66,425.

It was the ninth straight days that there were fewer than 10 deaths. —NB, GMA Integrated News