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COVID-19 Transmission Showing Further Signs of Slowdown

Written: 2023-01-15 16:23:24Updated: 2023-01-15 16:24:50

COVID-19 Transmission Showing Further Signs of Slowdown

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The latest wave of COVID-19 transmissions is showing further signs of slowing down, with over four-thousand fewer daily cases recorded in the past 24-hour period compared to a day earlier.

The Central Disease Control Headquarters said as of 12:00 a.m. Sunday, 32-thousand-570 additional people tested positive, bringing the cumulative total to 29-point-807 million. Out of the day's 104 overseas entries, 62 percent were from China.

The daily tally is four-thousand-129 less than the 36-thousand-699 from Saturday, and it is the lowest count for a Sunday since October 23, 2022.

The number of critical patients, 499 as of Sunday, also dropped below 500 for the first time since December 17 last year.

Thirty-seven people succumbed to the virus, raising the cumulative death toll to 32-thousand-949.

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