Manila, August 08, 2021, SPA -- The Philippines' health ministry recorded on Sunday 9,671 new coronavirus cases and 287 additional deaths, the biggest single-day spike in the country's death toll since April 9, according to Reuters. In a bulletin, the ministry said total confirmed infections in the Southeast Asian country had risen to 1.66 million, while the death toll had climbed to 29,122. --SPA 12:35 LOCAL TIME 09:35 GMT 0013 www.spa.gov.sa/w1597864