COVID UPDATE. Jail Officer 1 Karen Joy Manalo, assistant unit jail nurse of Metro Bacolod District Jail-Female Dormitory, administers an AstraZeneca booster shot on a person deprived of liberty on Monday (Dec. 27, 2021).The Department of Health on Saturday (Feb. 19, 2022) posted a total of 1,923 new Covid-19 cases, the lowest single-day tally for 2022.(File photo courtesy of Metro Bacolod District Jail-Female Dormitory) MANILA - The country on Saturday posted a total of 1,923 new coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases, the lowest single-day tally for 2022. This is the lowest number of daily infections since December 30, 2021 with 1,623 new cases recorded. The tally is also the sixth straight day with cases below 3,000 and the first time the number was less than 2,000. In its latest case bulletin, the Department of Health (DOH) said there are now 62,533 active cases while there are 3,532,608 who recuperated with the addition of 5,158 recoveries. At least 57,104 of the active infectio
MANILA - The country's total number of recovered coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases has reached 2,773,891 after 882 new recoveries were reported on Thursday. In its latest case bulletin, the Department of Health (DOH) noted that recoveries account for 97.8 percent of the total case count of 2,835,996 since the start of the pandemic last year. Meanwhile, 562 new infections brought the total number of active cases nationwide to 12,169. Among active cases, 4,838 are mild, 851 are asymptomatic, 446 are critical, 2,177 are severe, and 3,857 are moderate. The death toll has reached 49,936 with 176 new deaths. "Of the 176 reported deaths, only eight occurred in December 2021. About 7 percent of the reported deaths today occurred in November 2021 due to late encoding of death information to COVID-Kaya," the DOH said. The COVID-Kaya is a digital application used by health care workers to collect and share data about Covid-19 cases. The DOH added that this issue is currently
MANILA - The country's total number of recovered coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases has reached 2,773,891 after 882 new recoveries were reported on Thursday. In its latest case bulletin, the Department of Health (DOH) noted that recoveries account for 97.8 percent of the total case count of 2,835,996 since the start of the pandemic last year. Meanwhile, 562 new infections brought the total number of active cases nationwide to 12,169. Among active cases, 4,838 are mild, 851 are asymptomatic, 446 are critical, 2,177 are severe, and 3,857 are moderate. The death toll has reached 49,936 with 176 new deaths. "Of the 176 reported deaths, only eight occurred in December 2021. About 7 percent of the reported deaths today occurred in November 2021 due to late encoding of death information to COVID-Kaya," the DOH said. The COVID-Kaya is a digital application used by health care workers to collect and share data about Covid-19 cases. The DOH added that this issue is currently