(PNA photo by Gil Calinga) MANILA - The Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday logged 866 new cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), the lowest single-day tally so far for this year. The figure is higher than the 421 infections reported on Dec. 28, 2021 the last time the country saw the lowest three-digit daily new cases. It pushed the overall tally of confirmed infections to 3,663,920. The active cases went down 50,827 after 1,622 new recoveries were logged. About 474 of the active cases are asymptomatic, 45,862 are mild, 2,776 are moderate, 1,417 are severe and 298 are critical. Meantime, the total recovered cases increased to 3,556,589. "Of the 866 reported cases today, 757 (87 percent) occurred within the recent 14 days, February 17 to March 2, 2022," the DOH reported. The regions with the most cases in the recent two weeks were the National Capital Region with 176 or 23 percent, Calabarzon with 119 or 16 percent, and Central Visayas with 82 or 11 percent. The d
(PNA photo by Jess M. Escaros Jr.) MANILA - The Department of Health on Monday logged 951 new cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), the lowest single-day tally so far for this year. The figure is slightly higher than the 899 infections reported on Dec. 29, 2021 the last time the country saw three-digit daily new cases. It pushed the overall tally of confirmed infections to 3,661,997. The active cases went down 52,179 after 1,717 new recoveries were logged. About 528 of the active cases are asymptomatic, 47,157 are mild, 2,779 are moderate, 1,417 are severe and 298 are critical. Meantime, the total recovered cases increased to 3,553,367. "Of the 951 reported cases today, 895 (94 percent) occurred within the recent 14 days, February 15 to 28, 2022," the DOH reported. The regions with the most cases in the recent two weeks were the National Capital Region with 231 or 26 percent, Calabarzon with 136 or 15 percent, and Central Visayas with 93 or 10 percent. The death tol