August 15, the Philippine Ministry of Health announced that the philippine had detected the first case of infection with the Mutant Strain lambda variant.
The case is a 35-year-old woman, and the Ministry of Health is still confirming whether the patient is a home-grown transmission case or an imported case abroad. In addition, the case has been considered cured after 10 days of isolation, and the Philippine Ministry of Health has now initiated a follow-up investigation of its contacts.
On the same day, the Ministry of Health of the Philippines reported 182 new cases of infection with the Delta variant strain, 41 cases of infection with the alpha variant strain, 66 cases of infection with the beta variant strain, and 40 cases of infection with the P.3 variant strain.
To date, the cumulative number of cases of coronavirus variants in the Philippines has reached 5,872, and the cumulative number of cases infected with the Delta variant has risen to 807.
