Facade of the DOH main office in Manila. 黑料社 file photo
MANILA, Philippines 鈥� The country has recorded 27 new cases of Omicron subvariant XBB.1.16 or 鈥淎rcturus,鈥� which brings the total number of infections to 292, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Tuesday.
All 27 cases of Arcturus 鈥� a sublineage of the XBB subvariant, considered a variant of interest by the World Health Organization (WHO) 鈥� were from Western Visayas.
Based on the June 13 DOH鈥檚 latest biosurveillance report, specifically, 73 new Omicron subvariants of COVID-19 were logged in the province, including the Arcturus cases.
Below are the other fresh Omicron infections as of June 23, according to the DOH:
- 18 XBB.2.3
- 12 XBB.1.9.1
- 2 XBB.1.5
- 2 XBB.1.9.2
- 9 BA.2.3.20
- 2 other XBB subvariants
- 1 other sublineage
The results were from the genome sequencing done by the Baguio General Hospital Medical Center and the University of the Philippines 鈥� Philippine Genome Center in Visayas, with results released on May 23.
The health agency recorded 297 new COVID-19 infections on June 27. Based on its latest tracker, the Philippines鈥� total caseload was 4,163,472, with 7,760 active cases, 4,089,229 recoveries, and 66,483 deaths.
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