(PNA photo by Gil Calinga) MANILA - The Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday logged 866 new cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), the lowest single-day tally so far for this year. The figure is higher than the 421 infections reported on Dec. 28, 2021 the last time the country saw the lowest three-digit daily new cases. It pushed the overall tally of confirmed infections to 3,663,920. The active cases went down 50,827 after 1,622 new recoveries were logged. About 474 of the active cases are asymptomatic, 45,862 are mild, 2,776 are moderate, 1,417 are severe and 298 are critical. Meantime, the total recovered cases increased to 3,556,589. "Of the 866 reported cases today, 757 (87 percent) occurred within the recent 14 days, February 17 to March 2, 2022," the DOH reported. The regions with the most cases in the recent two weeks were the National Capital Region with 176 or 23 percent, Calabarzon with 119 or 16 percent, and Central Visayas with 82 or 11 percent. The d
(PNA photo by Jess M. Escaros Jr.) MANILA - The Department of Health on Monday logged 951 new cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), the lowest single-day tally so far for this year. The figure is slightly higher than the 899 infections reported on Dec. 29, 2021 the last time the country saw three-digit daily new cases. It pushed the overall tally of confirmed infections to 3,661,997. The active cases went down 52,179 after 1,717 new recoveries were logged. About 528 of the active cases are asymptomatic, 47,157 are mild, 2,779 are moderate, 1,417 are severe and 298 are critical. Meantime, the total recovered cases increased to 3,553,367. "Of the 951 reported cases today, 895 (94 percent) occurred within the recent 14 days, February 15 to 28, 2022," the DOH reported. The regions with the most cases in the recent two weeks were the National Capital Region with 231 or 26 percent, Calabarzon with 136 or 15 percent, and Central Visayas with 93 or 10 percent. The death tol
(File photo) MANILA - The country logged 1,223 new coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases and 2,400 more recoveries on Saturday, according to Department of Health (DOH) data. Active cases are at 53,934, down from the previous day's 55,140, while the recovery count is at 3,549,735. The DOH also reported 128 new fatalities, raising the death toll to 56,351. The nation's tally of confirmed Covid-19 cases since the pandemic began two years ago stood at 3,660,020, of which 1.5 percent are undergoing treatment, 97 percent have recovered, and 1.54 percent died. Of the active cases, the DOH said 48,842 are mild, 597 are asymptomatic, 2,780 are moderate, 1,417 are severe, and 298 are critical. The positivity rate is 5.3 percent based on the 26,631 individuals tested for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) on February 24. All laboratories were operational on that day but four failed to submit data to the Covid-19 Document Repository System. The concerned labor
MANILA - The Department of Health on Thursday recorded 1,745 new cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) and 2,045 more recoveries. The figures pushed the nation's overall tally of confirmed infections to 3,657,342 and recovered cases to 3,546,098. The latest Covid-19 bulletin indicated 55,079 active cases. Out of the active cases, 49,927 are mild, 2,788 are moderate, 637 are asymptomatic, 1,428 are severe, and 299 are critical. "Of the 1,745 reported cases today, 1,250 (72 percent) occurred within the recent 14 days - February 11 to 24, 2022," the DOH reported. The regions with the most cases in the recent two weeks were the National Capital Region (NCR) with 235 or 19 percent, Calabarzon with 153 or 12 percent, and Central Visayas with 133 or 11 percent. The death toll has reached 56,165 with 188 new deaths, representing 1.54 percent of overall cases. "Of the 188 deaths, 94 occurred in February 2022 (50 percent), 36 in January 2022 (19 percent), 2 in December
RESBAKUNA FOR KIDS. Children, aged 5 to 11, wait for their turn to get vaccinated against Covid-19 as the provincial government of Pampanga kicked off the Resbakuna Kids program at the Jose B. Lingad General Memorial Hospital in the City of San Fernando on Wednesday (Feb.9, 2022). The country on Saturday (Feb. 12) posted 10,662 new recoveries and only 3,792 new infections.(File Photo by Pampanga PIO) MANILA- The country's active coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases decreased to 84,229 as the Department of Health (DOH) on Saturday posted 10,662 new recoveries and only 3,792 new infections. Its latest case bulletin showed that 3,016 of the total active cases are asymptomatic, 76,487 are mild, 2,971 are moderate, 1,443 are severe, and 312 are critical. Of the more than 3.63 million people infected since the pandemic began, DOH said 96.2 percent or 3,495,209 have recovered. Meanwhile, it logged 76 fatalities, raising the death toll to 54,930. The positivity rate, at present, is 14