(File photo) MANILA - The country's total number of active coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases dropped to 9,592 after the Department of Health (DOH) logged 390 new recoveries on Monday. In its latest case bulletin, the DOH said the country's recovered cases also reached 2,777,354 or 97.9 percent of the total case count of 2,837,730 since the start of the pandemic last year. The DOH, meanwhile, tallied 263 new infections, including 177 cases tallied from Dec. 7 to Dec. 20. "The top regions with cases in the recent two weeks were NCR (44 or 25 percent), Region 4-A (32 or 18 percent) and Region 9 (23 or 13 percent)," the DOH said. Among active cases, 3,569 are mild, 473 are asymptomatic, 378 are critical, 1,797 are severe, and 3,375 are moderate. The death toll has reached 50,784 with 45 new deaths. "Of the 45 deaths, nine occurred in December 2021 (20 percent), one in November 2021 (2 percent), 17 in October 2021 (38 percent), three in September 2021 (7 perce
(File photo) MANILA - The Philippines' total number of active Covid-19 cases dropped to 11,255 after the Department of Health (DOH) logged 509 new recoveries on Sunday. In its latest case bulletin, the DOH said the country's recovered cases also reached 2,775,057 or 97.8 percent of the total case count of 2,836,592 since the start of the pandemic last year. The DOH, meanwhile, tallied 402 new infections, including 380 cases tallied from Nov. 29 to Dec. 12. "The top regions with cases in the recent two weeks were NCR (98 or 26 percent), Region 4-B (42 or 11 percent) and Region 4-A (37 or 10 percent)," the DOH said. Among active cases, 4,334 are mild, 876 are asymptomatic, 401 are critical, 1,961 are severe, and 3,683 are moderate. The death toll has reached 50,280 with 184 new deaths. "Of the 184 deaths, 6 occurred in December 2021 (3 percent), 35 in November 2021 (19 percent), 73 in October 2021 (40percent), 54 in September 2021 (29 percent), 10 in August 2021 (5