May 28, 2021 FOR the first time in almost four weeks, new coronavirus infections rose sharply to more than 8,000 in one day on Friday, May 28, 2021.
The Department of Health (DOH) reported 8,748 new cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), the highest since the 9,226 on May 1, 2021.
For the third day in a row, deaths exceeded 150 in a day. The DOH case bulletin listed 187 additional mortalities, including 122 cases that were previously listed as recoveries but were later validated to be deaths.
As of May 28, a total of 1,209,154 individuals have contracted Covid-19 in the Philippines. Twenty-four duplicates were removed from the total.
Of these cases, 93.9 percent of 1,134,818 have recovered, including the 3,017 new recoveries on Friday.
May 23, 2021 THE Department of Health (DOH) on Sunday, May 23, 2021, reported low numbers of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases and deaths due to technical issues in its epidemiological surveillance system CovidKaya.
In its case bulletin Sunday, the DOH reported 3,083 new infections, the lowest since the 2,886 cases over two months ago on March 10, and 38 additional mortalities, the lowest since the 10 deaths more than a month ago on April 5.
“The relatively low number of new cases was due to the simultaneous updates being made in the CovidKaya. Some case data from the CDRS (Covid-19 Document Repository System) were not included in the CovidKaya and were not included in this case bulletin,” DOH said.