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(File photo) MANILA - Despite the deadly coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) battering the country, coronary heart disease remains the top cause of death in the Philippines from January to November last year, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). Based on the PSA data released on February 22, 125,913 or 17.9 percent of the total deaths during the said period died of ischemic heart disease followed by cerebrovascular disease (68,180 or 9.7 percent). The PSA said Covid-19 was the third leading cause of death after 67,494 (9.6 percent) died of the severe respiratory illness caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The mortality rate rose from rank 14 with 8,390 deaths or 1.5 percent in the same period in 2020. Among the 17 regions in the country, Calabarzon registered the highest number of deaths due to Covid-19, with 20,409 or 21 percent of all the recorded deaths, followed by Metro Manila with 20,154 or 20.7 percent and Central Luzon with 17,865 or 18.4 percent. In Metro Manila

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