(File photo) MANILA - The number of daily new coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases once again dipped to below 1,000, with only 890 new infections reported on Wednesday. In its latest bulletin, the Department of Health said this is slightly higher than the lowest single-day new case tally of 849 recorded on November 16. This brought the active case tally to 17,864 lower than Tuesday's 18,721. Another 1,710 new recoveries, meanwhile, pushed its total tally to 2,763,114. Recoveries account for 97.7 percent of the total case count which has reached 2,828,660 since the start of the pandemic last year. About 53.4 percent of the 17,864 active cases are mild, 4.8 percent are asymptomatic, 6 percent are critical, 14.4 percent are severe, and 21.39 percent are moderate. Some 200 new deaths were reported which brought the country's total Covid-19 fatalities to 47,682. According to DOH data on Nov. 22, about 2.5 percent of 32,254 who were tested turned out positive for Covid-19. &qu
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 Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday reported 3,656 new Covid-19 cases, the country's lowest daily tally in over three months. The new infections brought the total number of active cases nationwide to 67,061, according to the DOH latest case bulletin. About 77.9 percent of these active cases are mild, 6.8 percent are asymptomatic, 2 percent are critical, 4.6 percent are severe, and 8.69 percent are moderate. The DOH also said 228 more patients recovered from the disease, bringing the total recoveries to 2,627,331. It said recoveries account for 96.1 percent of the total case count which has reached 2,735,369 since the start of the pandemic last year. The DOH also logged five new deaths, bringing the total death toll to 40,977. According to DOH data on Oct. 18, about 11.6 percent of 42,296 who were tested turned out positive for Covid-19. "About 20 duplicates were removed from the total case count, and of these, 16 are recoveries. Also, five cases that were prev