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REFILE-UPDATE 1-Philippines records most coronavirus cases in eastern Asia after new surge

Published 08/06/2020, 05:07 PM
Updated 08/07/2020, 03:00 PM

(Corrects headline and first paragraph to refer to eastern part
of Asia, not East Asia)
* Philippines' COVID-19 infections continue to mount
* Manila, nearby provinces back under lockdown
* Lockdown in mid-March to May rocked the economy

By Neil Jerome Morales
MANILA, Aug 6 (Reuters) - The Philippines on Thursday
recorded another jump in coronavirus cases to overtake
neighbouring Indonesia as the country with the highest number of
confirmed COVID-19 infections in the eastern part of Asia.
A recent surge in cases of the virus in and around the
capital Manila has pushed authorities to reimpose a lockdown
affecting around a quarter of the country's 107 million people.
The Philippines recorded 3,561 new infections on Thursday,
taking its total confirmed cases to 119,460. That is higher than
Indonesia's 118,753 infection cases.
The death toll rose by 28 to 2,150, which is less than half
of Indonesia's 5,521 fatalities, but is expected to grow after
the recent spike in cases.
President Rodrigo Duterte announced late on Sunday a
two-week lockdown in and around Manila, which accounts for
two-thirds of the country's economic output.
The restrictions, which came into effect on Tuesday, were
reinstated after a group of doctors and nurses warned that the
healthcare system could collapse as a result of a surging number
of virus patients. Public transport has been shut and working from home
instituted where possible, with only one person per household
allowed out for essential goods.
The Philippines imposed one the world's strictest and
longest lockdowns in and around the capital, running from
mid-March to the end of May, which brought the economy to its
knees in the first half.

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