(File photo) MANILA - The Department of Health (DOH) on Sunday logged 203 new Covid-19 cases, the country's lowest single-day infection since May 2020 due to the failure of 41 laboratories to submit data. The DOH said the figure pushed the total case tally to 2,837,577. "The low case report is due to the suspension of the operations four laboratories on Dec. 17, 2021 and failure to submit data from 41 laboratories to the Covid-19 Document Repository System (CDRS) because of Typhoon Odette," the DOH said. Based on data in the last 14 days, the 45 laboratories contribute, on average, 15.4 percent of samples tested and 1.8 percent of positive individuals. Meanwhile, the active cases declined further to 9,729 after the DOH reported 395 new recoveries. The country now has 2,777,109 recoveries. About 3,379 of the active cases are mild, 485 are asymptomatic, 380 are critical, 1,800 are severe, and 3,379 are moderate. "Of the 203 reported cases today, 186 or 92 percent occur
(File photo) MANILA - The Department of Health (DOH) on Thursday logged 289 new Covid-19 cases, pushing the country's total tally of infections to 2,837, 016. This is the third consecutive day the country has recorded new infections below 300. On Tuesday, the DOH recorded the lowest single-day infection in 18 months at 235. In its latest case bulletin, the agency noted the active cases declined further to 10,095 after 380 new recoveries have been reported. The country now has 2,776,425 recoveries. About 3,870 of the active cases are mild, 549 are asymptomatic, 389 are critical, 1,845 are severe, and 3,442 are moderate. "Of the 289 reported cases today, 256 or 89 percent occurred within the recent 14 days - Dec. 3 to 16, 2021. The top regions with cases in the recent two weeks were NCR with 70 or 27 percent, Region 4A (Calabarzon) with 27 or 11 percent and Region 7 with 26 or 10 percent," the DOH said. The DOH also recorded 47 new deaths, which brought the country's Co
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
MANILA - An additional 16,523 patients have beaten the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), pushing the country's overall recovery count to 2,459,052 as of Monday. The Department of Health (DOH), in its latest Covid-19 bulletin, said recoveries account for 94.4 percent of the total 2,604,040 infections since the start of the pandemic last year. The DOH also logged a lower 10,748 new cases and 61 new deaths, bringing the overall tally of active cases to 106,160 and the death toll to 38,828. Of the new infections, 82.7 percent of the active cases are mild, 8.3 percent are asymptomatic, 2.7 percent are severe, 5.15 percent are moderate, and 1.2 percent are in critical condition. "There were 107 duplicates removed from the total case count as 71 of these are recoveries and one is death. Moreover, 23 cases previously tagged as recovered were reclassified as deaths after final validation," the DOH said. DOH data on October 4, likewise, showed that 20.2 percent of 59,551 who wer