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
MANILA - The country's total number of recovered coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases has reached 2,617,693 after 19,687 new recoveries were reported on Monday. In its 4 p.m. case bulletin, the Department of Health (DOH) said recoveries account for 96 percent of the total case count which has reached 2,727,286 since the start of the pandemic last year. Meanwhile, some 6,943 new infections brought the total number of active cases nationwide to 68,832. About 79.7 percent of these active cases are mild, 5.5 percent are asymptomatic, 1.9 percent are critical, 4.5 percent are severe, and 8.42 percent are moderate. Moreover, 86 new deaths were reported, bringing the total death toll to 40,761. According to DOH data on Oct. 16, about 13.3 percent of 54,150 who were tested turned out positive for Covid-19. "About 25 duplicates were removed from the total case count, and of these, 16 are recoveries," it added. All laboratories were operational on Oct. 16 while two laboratorie
MANILA - The nation's total number of recovered coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases has reached 2,598,052 after 10,237 new recoveries were reported on Sunday. In its latest case bulletin, the Department of Health (DOH) said recoveries account for 95.5 percent of the total case count which has reached 2,720,368 since the start of the pandemic last year. Meanwhile, some 6,913 new infections brought the total number of active cases nationwide to 81,641. About 82 percent of these active cases are mild, 5.5 percent are asymptomatic, 1.6 percent are critical, 3.8 percent are severe, and 7.13 percent are moderate. Moreover, 95 new deaths were reported, bringing the total death toll due to the coronavirus to 40,675. According to DOH data on October 17, about 12.5 percent of 53,669 who were tested turned out positive for Covid-19. "About 54 duplicates were removed from the total case count, and of these, 35 are recoveries," it added. All laboratories were operational on Octo
MANILA - The country's overall tally of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) patients who recovered has reached 2,536,260 as 302 new recoveries were recorded on Monday. In its latest case bulletin, the Department of Health (DOH said the figure is equivalent to a 94.8-percent recovery rate from a total of 2,674,814 infections since the start of the pandemic last year. The total number of active infections in the country is down to 98,894 or 3.7 percent of all cases. The DOH also reported 8,292 new cases on Monday. Of the active cases, 74.4 percent are mild, 15 percent are asymptomatic, 3.2 percent are severe, 6.14 percent are moderate, and 1.3 percent are in critical condition. There were 36 new fatalities, bringing the nation's death toll to 39,660 or 1.48 percent of the total cases. "The 36 deaths reported reflect the actual death counts based on today's line list. No backlogs nor technical issues were encountered in today's extraction," the DOH said. It added