Department of Health (DOH)-Region 7 chief pathologist Dr. Mary Jean Loreche. (Screengrab from OPAV/Project Balik Buhay video) CEBU CITY - Amid a surge in coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases in Central Visayas, residents here who are asymptomatic or have mild to moderate symptoms are advised to stay at home, especially if they are fully vaccinated or have received the booster jab. Department of Health (DOH)-Region 7 chief pathologist Dr. Mary Jean Loreche said in a presser on Monday that patients who have no severe symptoms or are not critically ill are encouraged to isolate themselves at home. "If you are asymptomatic, close contact, probable or confirmed case, but you are fully vaccinated or had your booster shots, stay at home. If ever you have symptoms like cough, colds, and you know that you are a close contact or confirmed case, no problem, stay at home," Loreche said. Unvaccinated patients, or with comorbidities like hypertension, diabetes, chronic kidney disease,
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