MANILA - The nation's total number of recovered coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases has reached 2,669,953 after 8,470 new recoveries were reported on Tuesday. In its 4 p.m. case bulletin, the Department of Health (DOH) said recoveries account for 96.5 percent of the total case count which has reached 2,765,672 since the start of the pandemic last year. Meanwhile, 4,393 new infections brought the total number of active cases nationwide to 53,642 lower than Monday's 57,763. About 74.8 percent of these active cases are mild, 6.7 percent are asymptomatic, 2.4 percent are critical, 5.8 percent are severe, and 10.37 percent are moderate. Around 135 new deaths were reported, bringing the death toll to 42,077. According to DOH data on Oct. 22, about 10.3 percent of 52,881 who were tested turned out positive for Covid-19. "About 23 duplicates were removed from the total case count, and of these, 16 are recoveries. Moreover, 154 cases that were previously tagged as recoverie