MANILA - The Department of Health (DOH) on Sunday posted 283 new recoveries and 433 new coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases that slightly raised the total number of active infections to 9,522. The recovery count is now at 2,777,918, or 97.9 percent of the total 2,838,640. From 10,167 active infections on December 17, the total fell to 9,924 the following day and has not breached the 10,000-mark to date. Of the active cases, 3,574 are mild, 3,339 are moderate, 458 are asymptomatic, 374 are critical, and 1,777 are severe. "Of the 433 reported cases today, 392 or 91 percent occurred within the recent 14 days, December 13 to 26, 2021," the DOH stated. The top regions with most cases in the recent two weeks were the National Capital Region with 192 or 49 percent, Calabarzon with 45 or 11 percent, and Region 3 (Central Luzon) with 33 or 8 percent of the country's new cases. The death toll reached 51,200 with 13 new deaths. "Of the 13 deaths, 5 or 38 percent occurred
(File photo) MANILA - The Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday logged 168 new coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases, the country's lowest single-day infection count this year due to the failure of 24 laboratories to submit data. "Of the 168 reported cases today, 159 or 95 percent occurred within the recent 14 days - December 8 to 21, 2021. The top regions with cases in the recent two weeks were NCR (National Capital Region) with 47 or 30 percent, Region 4-A with 27 or 17 percent, and Region 6 with 16 or 10 percent," the DOH said in its daily Covid-19 bulletin. Tuesday's new infections brought the total case tally to 2,837,719. "We dropped 179 negatives after validation from the total case count while we only reported 168 new cases. Thus, the lower total case count today in comparison with yesterday," it added. "Moreover, 6 cases that were previously tagged as recoveries were reclassified as deaths after final validation". Meanwhile, the active
MANILA - The Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday logged 237 new Covid-19 cases, pushing the country's total tally of infections to 2,836, 915. The figure is only two cases higher compared to 235, the lowest single-day infection recorded by the DOH in 18 months on Tuesday. In its latest case bulletin, the DOH said the active cases declined further to 10,193 after 565 new recoveries have been reported. The country now has 2,776,273 recoveries. About 3,876 of the active cases are mild, 567 are asymptomatic, 391 are critical, 1,867 are severe, and 3,492 are moderate. "Of the 237 reported cases today, 215 or 91 percent occurred within the recent 14 days - Dec. 2 to 15, 2021. The top regions with cases in the recent two weeks were NCR with 43 or 20 percent, Region 10 with 25 or 12 percent) and Region 6 with 22 or 10 percent," the DOH said. The DOH also recorded 100 new deaths, which brought the country's Covid-19 fatalities to 50,449. "Of the 100 reported deaths, o
MANILA - The Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday logged 235 new Covid-19 cases, the lowest single-day infection in 18 months. In its latest case bulletin, the DOH said the figure pushed the total case tally to 2,836,868. Meanwhile, the active cases declined further to 10,526 after the DOH reported 780 new recoveries. The country now has 2,775,991 recoveries. About 4,104 of the active cases are mild, 659 are asymptomatic, 393 are critical, 1,868 are severe, and 3,502 are moderate. "Of the 235 reported cases today, 228 or 97 percent occurred within the recent 14 days - Dec. 1 to 14, 2021. The top regions with cases in the recent two weeks were NCR (National Capital Region) with 53 or 23 percent, Region 4-A (Calabarzon) with 23 or 10 percent, and Region 3 (Central Luzon) with 20 or 9 percent," the DOH said. The department also recorded 10 new deaths, which brought the country's Covid-19 fatalities to 50,351. "Of the 10 reported deaths, only nine occurred in December 2
(File photo) MANILA - The country's total number of recovered coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases has reached 2,769,533 after 684 new recoveries were reported on Thursday. In its latest case bulletin, the Department of Health (DOH) noted that recoveries account for 97.7 percent of the total case count which has reached 2,833,473 since the start of the pandemic last year. Meanwhile, some 564 new infections brought the total number of active cases nationwide to 15,188 down from Wednesday's 15,327. About 7,126 of these active cases are mild, 715 are asymptomatic, 1,067 are critical, 2,463 are severe, and 3,817 are moderate. Another 40 new deaths were reported which brought the country's Covid-19 fatalities to 48,752. According to DOH data on November 30, about 1.7 percent of 34,918 who were tested turned out positive for Covid-19. "About six duplicates were removed from the total case count, and of these, five are recoveries. Also, there were 123 cases that have t