MANILA - The Department of Health on Thursday recorded 1,745 new cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) and 2,045 more recoveries. The figures pushed the nation's overall tally of confirmed infections to 3,657,342 and recovered cases to 3,546,098. The latest Covid-19 bulletin indicated 55,079 active cases. Out of the active cases, 49,927 are mild, 2,788 are moderate, 637 are asymptomatic, 1,428 are severe, and 299 are critical. "Of the 1,745 reported cases today, 1,250 (72 percent) occurred within the recent 14 days - February 11 to 24, 2022," the DOH reported. The regions with the most cases in the recent two weeks were the National Capital Region (NCR) with 235 or 19 percent, Calabarzon with 153 or 12 percent, and Central Visayas with 133 or 11 percent. The death toll has reached 56,165 with 188 new deaths, representing 1.54 percent of overall cases. "Of the 188 deaths, 94 occurred in February 2022 (50 percent), 36 in January 2022 (19 percent), 2 in December
Acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles (File photo) MANILA - The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) approved on Thursday the revised metrics to determine the Covid-19 alert level classifications of all areas in the country effective March 1. In a statement, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, acting presidential spokesperson, said under the new alert level matrix, the cutoffs for the average daily attack rate (ADAR) of Covid-19 cases shall be less than six for low risk classification; six to 18 for moderate risk; and more than 18 for high risk. Nograles said areas can be de-escalated to Alert Level 1 upon meeting all of the following criteria: low to minimal risk case classification; total bed utilization rate of less than 50 percent; full vaccination of 70 percent of its target population; and full vaccination of 80 percent of the target population for senior citizens. He said the alert level metrics were amended based on the r