MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines’ health ministry on Saturday reported a 19th death related to coronavirus and said the number of confirmed cases had risen to 262 from 230 a day before.

The government has placed more than half of the country’s population under strict home quarantine to stem the spread of the coronavirus.

(Reporting by Karen Lema; Editing by Raju Gopalakrishnan)

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