‘Although, hindi naman natin sinasabi na perpekto na pero looking at that after one year, I think we are now more prepared to handle cases of COVID-19,’ says Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire

Rappler monitoring showed that COVID-19 deaths in the country spiked in mid-June 2020, and logged the highest single-day death of toll of 85, so far, on August 11, 2020. It had been on a downward trend trend, with a slight uptick in the early months of 2021.