The Philippines on Monday reported an additional 633 new cases of the highly contagious Delta variant.
At a media briefing, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the latest run on October 16 sequenced a total of 748 samples from September.
Of those sampled, 633 tested positive for the Delta variant, six cases tested positive for the Beta variant, and three tested positive for the Alpha variant.
Vergeire said a total of 17,147 samples have been sequenced, of which 88.46% or 15,168 have lineages.
Meanwhile, the Delta variant remains the most common lineage among the samples sequenced nationally at 29.2%.
“All 17 regions either have an Alpha, Beta, or a Delta variant case. In the National Capital Region, all cities and the lone municipality were found to have a variant of concern,” Vergeire said.
The Philippines has logged a total of 2,720,368 cases as of Sunday, October 17. — RSJ, GMA News
Philippines reports 633 new Delta variant cases — DOH
Source: Pinoy Hub News
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