MANILA, Philippines—The Philippines started 2021 with 26,677 active cases of COVID-19, with 1,765 patients recorded on January 1. Case surgesFrom January to February, the country had only around 1,000 to 2,000 daily new COVID-19 cases. On April 2, new cases further swelled to 15,310 before easing to less than 10,000 from May to July. However, new COVID-19 cases again surged in August and September due to the highly contagious Delta variant. Read: PH still last in COVID-19 economic resilience rankingNovember was the third consecutive month that the Philippines ranked last in the resiliency report.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 26, 2021 03:29 UTC