The number coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients who have recovered from the disease on Monday was 613 after the Department of Health (DOH) reported that there are 41 new recoveries nationwide. Bringing the total cases of COVID-19 in the country to 6,459 with 200 new infections.

However, the COVID-19 death toll also rose to 428 with 19 more fatalities.

Based on the data from the DOH, it shows that 52,837 people have been tested for COVID-19 as of Saturday. With an 86.4 percent that tested negative while 13.6 percent were positive.

The total tally of COVID-19 cases this week may be affected by the temporary scale-down of operations at the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine to give way to safety procedures, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said on Sunday.

Also, Vergeire announced that on Monday, the COVID-19 test kits that can produce results in 45 minutes to one hour will arrive from the United States. 

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