BREAKING: DOH on Friday said it has detected 16 new Delta variant cases in the Philippines, saying local transmission of the more contagious COVID19 variant has been confirmed.
Of the new cases, 5 were returning overseas Filipino workers from the United Kingdom and Qatar, while 11 others were local transmissions, Health spokesperson Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergerie said in an online press conference.
Six Delta variant carriers are from Northern Mindanao, 2 are from the National Capital Region, another 2 from Western Visayas, and a lone patient is from Central Luzon, data from the DOH showed.The Delta variant is more contagious than the original COVID-19 strain due to the presence of the L452R mutation, which allows the virus to get past the immune system and spread faster in cells.
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