Philippines reports 8 additional coronavirus deaths, 152 new cases

Filipino Catholics wearing protective masks hold palm fronds and other plants outside their homes as they wait for the blessing of a priest roaming around neighbourhoods to celebrate Palm Sunday amid the lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Manila, Philippines, April 5, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez

The Philippine health ministry reported on Sunday 8 additional coronavirus deaths and 152 newly confirmed cases.

The positive cases in the Philippines totalled 3,246, as of 0800 GMT, while the death toll has risen to 152, it said in the daily bulletin.

Filipino Catholics wearing protective masks hold palm fronds outside their homes as they wait for the blessing of a priest roaming around neighbourhoods to celebrate Palm Sunday amid the lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Manila, Philippines, April 5, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez

(Reporting by Enrico dela Cruz; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)

Filipino Catholics wave palm fronds outside their homes to be blessed by a priest roaming neighbourhoods to celebrate Palm Sunday amid the lockdown to contain the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Manila, Philippines, April 5, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez