(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 nation's total number of recovered coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases has reached 2,758,235 after 3,152 new recoveries were reported on Sunday. In its latest case bulletin, the Department of Health (DOH) noted that recoveries account for 97.6 percent of the total case count which has reached 2,826,410 since the start of the pandemic last year. Meanwhile, some 2,227 new infections brought the total number of active cases nationwide to 21,101. About 56.9 percent of these active cases are mild, 4.4 percent are asymptomatic, 5.5 percent are critical, 13 percent are severe, and 20.30 percent are moderate. The DOH also tallied 175 new deaths, bringing the country's Covid-19 fatalities to 47,074. According to DOH data on Nov. 19, about 2.8 percent of 39,874 who were tested turned out positive for Covid-19. "About 125 duplicates were removed from the total case count, and of these, 107 are recoveries and 4 are deaths. Moreover, 147 cases that were previously ta
MANILA - The nation's total number of recovered coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases has reached 2,661,602 after 7,561 new recoveries were reported on Monday. In its 4 p.m. case bulletin, the Department of Health (DOH) said recoveries account for 96.4 percent of the total case count which has reached 2,761,307 since the start of the pandemic last year. Meanwhile, 4,405 new infections brought the total number of active cases nationwide to 57,763, a drop from Sunday's 60,957. About 76.2 percent of these active cases are mild, 6.5 percent are asymptomatic, 2.3 percent are critical, 5.3 percent are severe, and 9.27 percent are moderate. Moreover, 149 new deaths were reported, bringing the total death toll to 41,942. According to DOH data on Oct. 23, about 9 percent of 47,731 who were tested turned out positive for Covid-19. "About 21 duplicates were removed from the total case count, and of these, 14 are recoveries. Moreover, 118 cases that were previously tagged as recov