The Department of Health on Thursday reported 116 new cases of the highly transmissible Delta COVID-19 variant, bringing the country's total to 331.
Of the 116 new infections, 95 are local cases, one is a returning overseas Filipino worker, and the remaining is still being verified.
DOH said all the newly reported cases have already been tagged as recovered.
It added that 83 of the local cases indicated Metro Manila as address while three had indicated addresses in Calabarzon, four in Central Visayas, two in Davao regions, and one each in Zamboanga Peninsula, Cagayan Valley, and Ilocos Region.
The Health Ministry also said that among the 21 Delta variant cases reported last July 29, one case was verified to have been tested in different laboratories.
"Both samples were sent to UP-PGC, sequenced after an anonymized selection, and detected with the Delta variant. With this, the dOH is amending the previous total Delta variant cases from 2016 to 2015," the DOH stated.
