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China has administered a total of 1.84bn doses of vaccines as of Friday 13 August, the National Health Commission said on Saturday. On Friday alone, about 11.9m doses were administered, according to a Reuters calculation.
The Philippine health ministry has recorded 14,249 new cases, the new second-largest daily increase in infections.
The ministry said total confirmed infections in the Philippines have increased to 1.7m, while deaths have reached 30,070, after reporting 233 additional casualties. Active cases, at 98,847, was at a near four-month high, government data showed.
