The Department of Health (DOH) confirmed that an individual infected with the UK variant of COVID-19 in the Philippines has died.
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DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the 84-year-old patient who got infected last January was from La Trinidad, Benguet.
The death is one of the 25 total UK variant cases in the Philippines.
Two of them are still active while others have recovered.
It was also announced last week that eight more cases of the new strain were detected.
