THE Philippines has reported 17,411 new cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) on Thursday, pushing the total to 2.435 million, according to the Department of Health (DoH).

This is the first time in more than a week that the number of new cases were lower than 20,000. The positivity rate is at 24.6 percent from 71,010 tests that were conducted.

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