(File photo) MANILA - The country's daily number of new coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases has dropped below the 1,000-mark, with 984 infections recorded on Monday. In its latest Covid-19 bulletin, the Department of Health (DOH) said this brought the active case tally to 19,798 down from Sunday's 21,101. The new cases on Monday are the lowest in less than a week since the country recorded only 849 new cases last November 16. Meanwhile, 2,229 new recoveries were also reported, bringing the recovery count to 2,759,76. Recoveries account for 97.6 percent of the total case count which has reached 2,826,853 since the start of the pandemic last year. About 56.6 percent of these active cases are mild, 4.6 percent are asymptomatic, 5.6 percent are critical, 13.3 percent are severe, and 20.02 percent are moderate. Some 218 new deaths were reported which brought the country's Covid-19 fatalities to 47,288. According to DOH data on November 20, about 2.8 percent of 35,901 who
MANILA - The country's total number of recovered coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases has reached 2,680,081 after 3,924 new recoveries were reported on Thursday. In its 7 p.m. case bulletin, the Department of Health (DOH) noted that recoveries account for 96.7 percent of the total case count which has reached 2,772,491 since the start of the pandemic last year. Meanwhile, some 3,694 new infections brought the total number of active cases nationwide to 49,835. About 73.4 percent of these active cases are mild, 6.8 percent are asymptomatic, 2.6 percent are critical, 6.2 percent are severe, and 10.97 percent are moderate. A total of 227 new deaths were reported, bringing the country's Covid-19 fatalities to 42,575. According to DOH data on Oct. 26, about 8.6 percent of 50,755 who were tested turned out positive for Covid-19. "About 52 duplicates were removed from the total case count, and of these, 34 are recoveries and one death. Moreover, 158 cases that were previously
MANILA - The Philippines logged its lowest daily coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases in over a month, with 3,218 new infections reported on Wednesday. In its Covid-19 bulletin, the Department of Health (DOH) said this brought the total number of active cases to 50,152, lower than Tuesday's 53,642. Wednesday's figure of new cases is the lowest since September 11, when the country logged a peak of 26,303 new infections. The last time the country logged over 3,000 daily infections was on May 23 this year, with 3,083. Meanwhile, 6,660 new recoveries pushed the total count to 2,676,349 out of a total of 2,768,849 confirmed infections. Another 271 new deaths raised the death toll to 42,348. About 73.4 percent of these active cases are mild, 6.8 percent are asymptomatic, 2.6 percent are critical, 6.2 percent are severe, and 11.02 percent are moderate. According to DOH data on Oct. 25, about 7.6 percent of 41,049 who were tested turned out positive for Covid-19. "About 41 du
MANILA - The nation's total number of recovered coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases has reached 2,598,052 after 10,237 new recoveries were reported on Sunday. In its latest case bulletin, the Department of Health (DOH) said recoveries account for 95.5 percent of the total case count which has reached 2,720,368 since the start of the pandemic last year. Meanwhile, some 6,913 new infections brought the total number of active cases nationwide to 81,641. About 82 percent of these active cases are mild, 5.5 percent are asymptomatic, 1.6 percent are critical, 3.8 percent are severe, and 7.13 percent are moderate. Moreover, 95 new deaths were reported, bringing the total death toll due to the coronavirus to 40,675. According to DOH data on October 17, about 12.5 percent of 53,669 who were tested turned out positive for Covid-19. "About 54 duplicates were removed from the total case count, and of these, 35 are recoveries," it added. All laboratories were operational on Octo
MANILA - The Department of Health on Wednesday reported 7,181 new Covid-19 cases, the lowest since August 4. In its latest case bulletin, the agency said the figure pushed the number of active cases to 82,411 and the overall tally to 2,690,455. Of the active cases, about 75.3 percent are mild, 12.1 percent are asymptomatic, 1.6 percent are critical, 3.7 percent are severe, and 7.25 percent are moderate. The DOH also reported 6,889 new recoveries, bringing the country's total number of recovered cases to 2,690,455. Meanwhile, the death toll reached 40,069 after 173 new deaths were recorded. According to DOH data on Oct. 11, about 14.2 percent of 40,323 who were tested turned out positive for Covid-19. "About 98 duplicates were removed from the total case count, and of these, 61 are recoveries," it added. All laboratories were operational on October 11 while two laboratories were not able to submit their data to the Covid-19 Document Repository System. The DOH noted the non