MANILA - The Department of Health (DOH) logged 31,173 new coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) infections and 26,298 new recoveries Thursday. Active cases increased to 275,364 while total recoveries jumped to 2,995,961, or 90.1 percent of the 3,324,478 infections recorded since the pandemic started in March 2020. Thursday's fresh cases tally is higher than Wednesday's 22,958. Among the active cases, 262,168 are mild, 2,979 are moderate, 8,424 are asymptomatic, 1,488 are severe, and 305 are critical. "Of the 31,173 reported cases today, 29,708 (95 percent) occurred within the recent 14 days Jan. 7, 2021 to Jan. 20, 2022," the DOH said. The regions with the most cases in the past two weeks were the National Capital Region (NCR) with 8,883 or 30 percent of new infections; Region 4-A (Calabarzon), 6,471 or 22 percent; and Central Luzon, 2,783 or 9 percent. The death toll is now at 53,153 with the addition of 110 new fatalities, representing 1.60 percent of overall cases.
MANILA - The Department of Health (DOH) logged 37,154 daily coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) infections and 30,037 new recoveries on Sunday. Active cases rose to 287,856 while total recoveries jumped to 2,864,633, or 89.4 percent of the 3,205,396 infections recorded since the pandemic started in March 2020. Among the active cases, 273,924 are mild, 2,940 are moderate, 9,212 are asymptomatic, 1,475 are severe, and 305 are critical. "Of the 37,154 reported cases today, 36,303 (98 percent) occurred within the recent 14 days Jan. 3, 2021 to Jan. 16, 2022," the DOH said. The regions with the most cases in the past two weeks were the National Capital Region (NCR) with 15,591 or 43 percent of new infections; Calabarzon, 8,384 or 23 percent; and Central Luzon, 3,232 or 9 percent. Fifty new fatalities hiked the death toll to 52,907, or 1.65 percent of overall cases. "Of the 50 deaths, 30 occurred in January 2022 (60 percent), 1 in November 2021 (2 percent), 1 in October 2021
(File photo) MANILA - The Department of Health (DOH) on Thursday reported another 17,220 fresh coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) infections. In its latest Covid-19 bulletin, the agency said this raised the active case count to 56,561. Thursday's new infections are equivalent to a nearly 60 percent increase from Wednesday's 10,775 fresh cases. Out of the active cases, 49,988 are mild, 2,954 are moderate, 1,837 are asymptomatic, 312 are critical, and 1,470 are severe. "Of the 17,220 reported cases today, 17,104 (99%) occurred within the recent 14 days - December 24 to January 6, 2022," the DOH reported. Meanwhile, 616 new recoveries brought the number of recovered cases to 2,780,613 or 96.3 percent of a total of 2,888,917 infections since the pandemic started in March 2020. The regions with the most cases in the recent two weeks were the National Capital Region (NCR) with 11,563 or 68 percent of new infections; Calabarzon, 3,165 or 19 percent; and Central Luzon, 1,126