Published October 18, 2022 3:12pm
Updated October 18, 2022 5:24pm

By GISELLE OMBAY, GMA News

The Philippines has detected 81 cases of the new COVID-19 Omicron XBB subvariant and 193 cases of the XBC variant, the Department of Health (DOH) announced Tuesday.

At a press briefing, DOH officer-in-charge Maria Rosario Vergeire said the 81 cases of XBB were detected in Western Visayas and Davao Region.

Seventy of these cases have already recovered, eight are still undergoing isolation, while the status of the three others are still being verified.

The Philippines has detected 81 cases of the new COVID-19 Omicron XBB subvariant and 193 cases of the XBC variant, the Department of Health (DOH) announced Tuesday.