The death toll jumped to 528,150, with 11 fresh deaths in the last 24 hours.

The country´s current infected people number dropped to 47,945, according to official data.

The number of people who have recovered from the diseases surged to 43,919,264, for a national patient recovery rate of 98.71%.

To date, nearly 2.15 billion vaccine doses have been administered nationwide to fight off the pandemic.

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