Monday's new cases pushed the Philippines' total COVID count to 2,727,286.

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The Philippines has so far reported 40,468 fatalities from the pandemic, with more than 2.72 million infections.

Television and radio anchor Raffy Tulfo on Monday said he would push to arm media workers under threat if elected to the Senate. 

Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire reported the additional Delta infections accounted for 84.63% of the 748 samples tested on October 16.

"If we want the number of COVID-19 victims to continue to decrease, discipline and adherence to the rules under Alert Level 3 must still be enforced," Eleazar said. 

“An increase in passenger capacity should be progressive and compliant with the mandates of local governments and the IATF,” transportation secretary Arthur Tugade is quoted as saying.

The shipment brought the number of doses the country got in total last week to 2.29 million, according to the National Task Force against COVID-19. 

Massive oil price hikes are set to be implemented again next week as global prices soar.

A uniform warehousing and inventory system for all government agencies and their procurements is being proposed in a bill filed before the Senate to prevent wastage, abuse and corruption.