MANILA - The country's total number of recovered coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases has reached 2,772,107 after 830 new recoveries were reported on Monday. In its latest case bulletin, the Department of Health (DOH) noted that recoveries account for 97.8 percent of the total case count of 2,835,154 since the start of the pandemic last year. Meanwhile, 543 new infections brought the total number of active cases nationwide to 13,548 lower than Sunday's 13,853. Monday's fresh cases are also slightly lower than 603 new infections recorded on Sunday. Among active cases, 5,545 are mild, 1,063 are asymptomatic, 676 are critical, 2,366 are severe, and 3,898 are moderate. The death toll has reached 49,499 with 113 new deaths. "Of the 113 reported deaths, only 14 occurred in December 2021. About 21 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 applic
MANILA - The Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday reported 3,656 new Covid-19 cases, the country's lowest daily tally in over three months. The new infections brought the total number of active cases nationwide to 67,061, according to the DOH latest case bulletin. About 77.9 percent of these active cases are mild, 6.8 percent are asymptomatic, 2 percent are critical, 4.6 percent are severe, and 8.69 percent are moderate. The DOH also said 228 more patients recovered from the disease, bringing the total recoveries to 2,627,331. It said recoveries account for 96.1 percent of the total case count which has reached 2,735,369 since the start of the pandemic last year. The DOH also logged five new deaths, bringing the total death toll to 40,977. According to DOH data on Oct. 18, about 11.6 percent of 42,296 who were tested turned out positive for Covid-19. "About 20 duplicates were removed from the total case count, and of these, 16 are recoveries. Also, five cases that were prev