MANILA, Philippines — The COVID-19 caseload went back to the 2,000 level after five days, based on the COVID-19 Tracker of the Department of Health (DOH). On Friday, the country logged 2,001 new infections, slightly up from the 1,854 cases recorded the previous day. Daily cases had hovered around the 1,000 level for five straight days since Sunday last week. This pushed the active COVID-19 cases to 16,314 and the total case tally to 4,131,790. No new deaths were reported last week. The country's death toll has reached 66,466 since the pandemic began three years ago.

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