MANILA - The Department of Health (DOH) reported 535 new recoveries and 4,600 additional cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) on Sunday. Recoveries are now at 2,778,943 or 97.4 percent of the total 2,851,931 infections since the pandemic began in March 2020. Active cases rose to 21,418, of which 15,644 are mild, 3,081 are moderate, 769 are asymptomatic, 335 are critical, and 1,589 are severe. "Of the 4,600 reported cases today (January 2), 4,548 occurred within the recent 14 days, December 20 to January 2, 2022," the DOH reported. As in the previous day, the top regions with most cases in the recent two weeks were the National Capital Region (NCR) with 3,729 or 72 percent; Calabarzon, 676 or 15 percent; and Region 3 (Central Luzon), 252 or 6 percent of the new cases. The death toll has reached 51,570 with 25 new deaths, representing 1.81 percent of overall cases. "Of the 25 deaths, 7 occurred in December 2021 (28%), 2 in November 2021 (8%), 1 in October 2021
MANILA - The Department of Health (DOH) reported 535 new recoveries and 4,600 additional cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) on Sunday. Recoveries are now at 2,778,943 or 97.4 percent of the total 2,851,931 infections since the pandemic began in March 2020. Active cases rose to 21,418, of which 15,644 are mild, 3,081 are moderate, 769 are asymptomatic, 335 are critical, and 1,589 are severe. "Of the 4,600 reported cases today (January 2), 4,548 occurred within the recent 14 days, December 20 to January 2, 2022," the DOH reported. As in the previous day, the top regions with most cases in the recent two weeks were the National Capital Region (NCR) with 3,729 or 72 percent; Calabarzon, 676 or 15 percent; and Region 3 (Central Luzon), 252 or 6 percent of the new cases. The death toll has reached 51,570 with 25 new deaths, representing 1.81 percent of overall cases. "Of the 25 deaths, 7 occurred in December 2021 (28%), 2 in November 2021 (8%), 1 in October 2021
MANILA - The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday logged 318 new coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases, bringing the nation's overall tally to 2,838,792. Monday's new infections were slightly lower than Sunday's 433. This brought the total number of active infections to 9,579. The top regions with the most cases in the last two weeks were the National Capital Region with 130 or 41 percent, Calabarzon with 45 or 11 percent, and Central Luzon with 28 or 9 percent of the country's new cases. In its Covid-19 bulletin, the DOH said 255 new recoveries pushed the total recovery count to 2,778,002. Of the active cases, 3,644 are mild, 445 are asymptomatic, 374 are critical, 1,777 are severe, and 3,339 are moderate. "Of the 318 reported cases today, 315 or 99 percent occurred within the recent 14 days December 14 to 27, 2021," the DOH said. The death toll has reached 51,211 with 11 new deaths. "Of the 11 deaths, 9 or 82 percent occurred in December 2021 and