FOR VETTING JFM1.13-5 DOH records 34,021 new Covid cases, 4,694 recoveries MANILA - The Philippines logged 34,021 new coronavirus infections and 4,694 recoveries Thursday. The latest Covid-19 bulletin showed that there are 237,387 active cases while total recoveries rose to 2,802,286, or 90.6 percent of 3,092,409 infections since the pandemic started in March 2020. Thursday's tally of fresh cases is higher than Wednesday's 32,246. Out of the active cases, 225,408 are mild, 2,881 are moderate, 7,332 are asymptomatic, 1,468 are severe, and 298 are critical. "Of the 34,021 reported cases today, 33,456 (98 percent) occurred within the recent 14 days - Dec. 31, 2021 to Jan. 13, 2022," the Department of Health said. The regions with the most cases in the recent two weeks were the National Capital Region (NCR) with 16,793 or 50 percent of new infections; Region 4-A (Calabarzon), 7,131 or 21 percent; and Central Luzon, 3,745 or 11 percent. The death toll is now 52,654 with 14
MANILA - The Department of Health (DOH) logged a record high 34,021 new coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) infections and 4,694 recoveries Thursday. The country's highest single-day new cases increased the active cases to 237,387 while total recoveries rose to 2,802,286, or 90.6 percent of 3,092,409 infections since the pandemic started in March 2020. Out of the active cases, 225,408 are mild, 2,881 are moderate, 7,332 are asymptomatic, 1,468 are severe, and 298 are critical. "Of the 34,021 reported cases today, 33,456 (98 percent) occurred within the recent 14 days - Dec. 31, 2021 to Jan. 13, 2022," the DOH said. Thursday's tally of fresh cases is higher than Wednesday's 32,246. and Monday's previous record of 33,169. The regions with the most cases in the recent two weeks were the National Capital Region (NCR) with 16,793 or 50 percent of new infections; Region 4-A (Calabarzon), 7,131 or 21 percent; and Central Luzon, 3,745 or 11 percent. The death toll is
MANILA - The Philippines logged 28,007 new coronavirus infections and 4,471 recoveries Tuesday. The latest Covid-19 bulletin showed that there are 181,016 active cases while total recoveries rose to 2,792,946, or 92.3 percent of 3,026,473 infections since the pandemic started in March 2020. Tuesday's tally of fresh cases is lower than Monday's 33,169. Out of the active cases, 170,873 are mild, 2,863 are moderate, 5,521 are asymptomatic, 1,464 are severe, and 295 are critical. "Of the 28,007 reported cases today, 27,604 (99%) occurred within the recent 14 days - Dec. 29, 2021 to Jan. 11, 2022," the DOH reported. The regions with the most cases in the recent two weeks were the National Capital Region (NCR) with 15,256 or 55 percent of new infections; Calabarzon, 5,861 or 21 percent; and Central Luzon, 3,064 or 11 percent. The death toll is now 52,511 with 219 new deaths, representing 1.74 percent of overall cases. "Of the 219 deaths, 17 occurred in January 2022 (8
(File photo) MANILA - People infected with Covid-19 in the National Capital Region (NCR) are 60 percent less likely to be hospitalized compared to those in other areas due to the high vaccination rate in the region, a health official said Tuesday. In an online media briefing, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire noted that Covid-19 cases in Metro Manila surged during the holidays but most of them were not hospitalized. Vergeire said decoupling is being observed in the NCR - a situation where an increase in infections does not translate to the same increase in the proportion of severe and critical cases. "Dahil sa mataas na (Because of high) vaccination rate in the NCR, we are seeing two types of Covid-19 patients admitted in our hospitals - the patients admitted for Covid-19 and cases of incidental Covid-19)," she said. Patients admitted for Covid-19 are individuals who tested positive for the disease upon admission while incidental Covid-19 cases are those who were a
(PNA photo by Joey Razon) MANILA - The number of fresh coronavirus infections in the country soared to 33,169, the highest since the start of the pandemic last year, the Department of Health (DOH) reported on Monday. In its latest Covid-19 bulletin, the agency said this brought the total active case tally to 157,526, out of a total of 2,998,530 infections since the start of the pandemic in March 2020. Monday's figure of new cases surpassed Sunday's 28,707. Another 3,725 recoveries were also recorded, accounting for 93 percent of the total number of confirmed infections. Out of the active cases, 147,912 are mild, 2,858 are moderate, 4,994 are asymptomatic, 1,461 are severe, and 301 are critical. "Of the 33,169 reported cases today, 32,972 (99 percent) occurred within the recent 14 days - Dec. 28, 2021 to Jan. 10, 2022," the DOH reported. The regions with the most cases in the recent two weeks were the National Capital Region (NCR) with 18,535 or 56 percent of new infec