At least 79 additional cases of COVID-19 Omicron subvariants were detected by the Department of Health from various regions in the country.

In a press briefing on Tuesday, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said 60 of the said cases were of the BA.5 subvariant; 17 were BA.2.12.1, and two were BA.4.

Of the 60 new BA.5 infections, 58 individuals were from Western Visayas and one each from the Davao Region and Soccsksargen regions.

Vergeire said 43 of these new BA.5 cases are now tagged as recovered and 14 are still undergoing isolation. Meanwhile, the DOH they are yet to determine the exposure of individuals as they are still in the process of verifying their history.

Meanwhile, Vergeire also reported that six of the 17 new BA.2.12.1 cases were from Western Visayas, 10 from the Davao region, while one was a returning overseas Filipino.

Fifteen of them are now considered recovered while the two others are still in isolation.

Further, one individual each from the Davao Region and Soccsksargen also tested positive for the Omicron BA.4 subvariant.