In August, 407,000 people got sick. That's nearly 86 percent of the total number of cases last year.
It was the worst month for a number of provinces since many areas in need of vaccines, hospital beds, and health workers are barely holding it together with cases rising by the day.
Some patients are dying in their homes.
Our Carolyn Bonquin gives us a glimpse of the situation in a town in Laguna. www.cnn.ph
