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TODAY'S #COVID19WRAP: New all-time high for PH in new cases; global death toll at nearly 4.6 million; situation in other countries (Sept. 9, 2021)

• PH registers new all-time high daily rise in COVID-19 cases with 22,820 new infections as total climbs to 2.161 million

• Active COVID-19 cases in PH at 166,672

• 12,337 recovered from COVID-19 in PH, pushing total to 1.960 million
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• Health department adds 5,132 COVID-19 cases and 41 new recoveries to figures it reported yesterday amid 'technical issues' in its data collating system bit.ly/3zYosrr

• Orphanage in Quezon City placed under lockdown as 122 of 168 people living in it contracted COVID-19 bit.ly/2YGNcqp

• FDA says only 242 out of millions of fully vaccinated individuals in PH have contracted COVID-19, showing efficacy of vaccines against virus bit.ly/3jWlsGj

• PH's FDA expects COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers to start applying for certificates of product registration next year bit.ly/3yUVHdF

• Global COVID-19 death climbs to nearly 4.6 million with registered cases now at over 222 million bit.ly/3trRoWg

• WHO urges some advanced countries to suspend ongoing or planned administration of 3rd shots against COVID-19 until at least end of the year bit.ly/3hgwEfp

• European Medicines Agency lists neurological disorder Guillain-Barre syndrome, which can cause temporary paralysis, as 'very rare' side effect of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine bit.ly/2YLbjV3

• Mumbai, gets ready for its biggest festival of the year, as daily coronavirus cases have surged, rising more than 2-fold in less than a month bit.ly/3nip4V6

• Japan to extend COVID-19 state of emergency again for Tokyo and many other areas as hospitals remain stretched despite falling number of infections bit.ly/38SwPbZ

• Singapore to start easing movement restrictions for migrant workers living in dormitories from next week bit.ly/2X9Zh6T

• Thailand posts 16,031 new COVID019 cases with 220 additional fatalities; total now at 1.309 million as death toll rises to 13,637

• With 19,733 new coronavirus cases, Malaysia's total rises to 1.900 million; death toll stands at 19,163 with 361 newly-registered fatalities

• Indonesia's downward trend in cases continues as it registers 5,990 new COVID-19 infections and 334 new fatalities; total at 4.153 million while death toll is at 138,116

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