MANILA - The Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday recorded 1,067 new cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) and 1,652 more recoveries. Of 51,592 active cases, 46,609 are mild, 2,779 are moderate, 489 are asymptomatic, 1,417 are severe, and 298 are critical. The figures pushed the overall tally of confirmed infections to 3,663,059 and recovered cases to 3,555,016. Tuesday's cases mark a slight uptick from Monday's 951 new infections, the lowest number of daily cases so far this year. "Of the 1,067 reported cases today, 652 (61 percent) occurred within the recent 14 days, February 16 to March 1, 2022," the DOH reported. The regions with the most cases in the recent two weeks were the National Capital Region (NCR) with 144 or 22 percent, Calabarzon with 92 (14 percent), and Central Luzon with 72 (11 percent). The death toll stood at 56,451 as no fatalities were reported, representing 1.54 percent of overall cases. According to the February 27 data, about 4.3 p
(File photo) MANILA - The Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday reported 611 new recoveries and 5,434 additional cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). Recoveries are now at 2,779,706 or 97.2 percent of the total 2,861,119 infections since the pandemic started in March 2020. Active cases climbed to 29,809 of which 24,026 are mild, 3,020 are moderate, 889 are asymptomatic, 328 are critical, and 1,546 are severe. "Of the 5,434 reported cases today (January 4), 5,395 or 99 percent occurred within the recent 14 days - December 22 to Jan. 4, 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 3,826 or 71 percent of new infections; Calabarzon, 864 or 16 percent; and Central Luzon, 333 or 6 percent. The death toll has reached 51,604 with 18 new deaths, representing 1.8 percent of overall cases. "Of the 18 deaths, two occurred in January 2022 (11 percent), eight in Decembe
(File photo) MANILA - Another 421 coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases raised the country's total tally of confirmed infections to 2,839,111, the Department of Health (DOH) reported on Tuesday. This brought the total number of active infections to 9,750. In its Covid-19 bulletin, the DOH said 248 new recoveries pushed the total recovery count to 2,778,148. Of the active cases, 3,766 are mild, 489 are asymptomatic, 374 are critical, 1,778 are severe, and 3,343 are moderate. "Of the 421 reported cases today, 410 or 97 percent occurred within the recent 14 days - December 14 to 27, 2021," the DOH said. It added that the top regions with most cases in the recent two weeks were the National Capital Region with 170 or 41 percent, Calabarzon with 55 or 13 percent, and Region 3 with 39 or 10 percent of the country's new cases. The death toll has reached 51,213 with two new deaths. "The two deaths were from September 2021 which were only reported now due to late of d