MANILA - The Department of Health (DOH) on Thursday logged 1,623 more coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases, bringing the nation's overall tally to 2,841,260. Thursday's figure of new cases translates to an almost 83 percent increase from Wednesday's 889, bringing the active case tally to 11,772. In its Covid-19 bulletin, the DOH also logged 256 new recoveries pushing the total recovery count to 2,778,115. Of the active cases, 5,737 are mild, 577 are asymptomatic, 372 are critical, 1,771 are severe, and 3,315 are moderate. "Of the 1,623 reported cases today, 1,582 (97 percent) occurred within the recent 14 days - December 17 to 30, 2021," the DOH said. It added that the top regions with most cases in the recent two weeks were the National Capital Region with 1,063 or 67 percent, Calabarzon with 173 or 11 percent, and Region 3 with 101 or 6 percent of the country's new cases. The death toll has reached 51,373 with 133 new deaths. "Of the 133 deaths, 4