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Health

Philippines has 16 new coronavirus deaths, 262 more infections

FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective mask on his neck walks past closed shops in an empty street following the lockdown in the Philippine capital to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Manila, Philippines, March 24, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa

The Philippines' health ministry on Monday reported 16 new coronavirus deaths and 262 additional confirmed cases.

The health ministry said total confirmed cases have risen to 9,485 while 623 people have died. But 101 more patients have recovered, bringing total recoveries to 1,315.

(Reporting by Neil Jerome Morales, editing by Ed Osmond)

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