MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippine health ministry on Thursday reported 2,200 new coronavirus infections and 28 new deaths.
In a bulletin, the ministry said total deaths have increased to 1,871 and infections have risen to 74,390.
The Southeast Asian nation’s coronavirus task force on Thursday reimposed a ban on non-essential outbound travel of Filipinos, two weeks after it lifted it.
(Reporting by Neil Jerome Morales; Editing by Martin Petty)
