Dr. Michelle Schlosser, spokesperson of the Davao City Covid-19 Task Force. (Screengrab) DAVAO CITY-As cases surge, the local government called on Dabawenyos anew to avail of the free surveillance swabbing for those manifesting influenza-like symptoms and close contacts of confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) positive patients. Dr. Michelle Schlosser, spokesperson of the Davao City Covid-19 Task Force, noted Thursday that active Covid-19 cases increased between July 31 and August 6 by about 38 percent, with an average daily positivity rate of 10.67 percent. Of the 510 active cases, 294 are asymptomatic cases, 199 are mild, 13 are moderate, two are severe, and two are critical, she said. Dabawenyos must submit themselves to surveillance swabbing if they are experiencing cough, colds, fever, diarrhea, or sore throat to help break the chain of infection, Schlosser said. She said the Sta. Ana Health Center Covid-19 Cluster Clinic (CCC), Crocodile Park Swabbing Site, and the Talomo
MANILA - The Department of Health (DOH) on Sunday reported 36,763 recoveries and 29,828 new coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) infections. The latest Covid-19 bulletin indicated 273,580 active cases while total recoveries rose to 3,090,164, or 90.4 percent of 3,417,216 infections since the pandemic started in March 2020. Out of the active cases, 260,399 are mild, 3,006 are moderate, 8,371 are asymptomatic, 1,496 are severe, and 308 are critical. "Of the 29,828 reported cases today, 29,237 (98 percent) occurred within the recent 14 days Jan. 10 to Jan. 23, 2022," the DOH reported. The regions with the most cases in the recent two weeks were the National Capital Region (NCR) with 5,178 or 18 percent of new infections; Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon), 4,227 or 14 percent; and Central Luzon, 2,787 or 10 percent. The death toll has reached 53,472 with 67 new deaths, representing 1.56 percent of overall cases. "Of the 67 deaths, 49 occurred in January 2