Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the country breached 56,000 on Monday, July 13, after the Department of Health released a late case bulletin.
A total of 2,124 new cases were confirmed, bringing the nationwide cases to 56,259 and the active cases to 38,679.
Recoveries rose to 16,046 with 2,009 new recovered patients, while the number of deaths rose to 1,534 as 162 patients recently succumbed to the dreaded disease.
Based on the data reported by the local government units and hospitals, of the 162 deaths, 51 happened this July while 90 of them took place in June, 20 in May, and one in April.
Of the 51 deaths, 18 are dated last week while the rest was during the first week of July. Most of the deaths were reported from Central Visayas.
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