MANILA - The Department of Health (DOH) on Sunday posted 283 new recoveries and 433 new coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases that slightly raised the total number of active infections to 9,522. The recovery count is now at 2,777,918, or 97.9 percent of the total 2,838,640. From 10,167 active infections on December 17, the total fell to 9,924 the following day and has not breached the 10,000-mark to date. Of the active cases, 3,574 are mild, 3,339 are moderate, 458 are asymptomatic, 374 are critical, and 1,777 are severe. "Of the 433 reported cases today, 392 or 91 percent occurred within the recent 14 days, December 13 to 26, 2021," the DOH stated. The top regions with most cases in the recent two weeks were the National Capital Region with 192 or 49 percent, Calabarzon with 45 or 11 percent, and Region 3 (Central Luzon) with 33 or 8 percent of the country's new cases. The death toll reached 51,200 with 13 new deaths. "Of the 13 deaths, 5 or 38 percent occurred
(PNA file photo by Avito Dalan) MANILA - The country saw a slight uptick in active coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases after 582 new cases were reported on Friday. In its Covid-19 bulletin, the Department of Health (DOH) said this brought the active case tally to 10,167, slightly higher than Thursday's 10,095 active cases. Friday's new infections almost doubled from Thursday's 289. Meanwhile, 494 new recoveries pushed the number of those who recuperated from the disease to 2,776,727, or 97.9 percent of the overall case count since the pandemic started. About 74 patients succumbed to the disease, raising the coronavirus death toll to 50,570. The positivity rate is at 1 percent based on the 33,545 individuals who were tested on December 15. The department noted that out of the more than 10,000 active cases, 539 are asymptomatic, 4,015 are mild, 3,415 are moderate, 1,815 are severe, and 383 are critical. It said Covid-19 patients occupy at least 22 percent of the 3,600 i
(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
MANILA - The country's total number of recovered coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases has reached 2,773,891 after 882 new recoveries were reported on Thursday. In its latest case bulletin, the Department of Health (DOH) noted that recoveries account for 97.8 percent of the total case count of 2,835,996 since the start of the pandemic last year. Meanwhile, 562 new infections brought the total number of active cases nationwide to 12,169. Among active cases, 4,838 are mild, 851 are asymptomatic, 446 are critical, 2,177 are severe, and 3,857 are moderate. The death toll has reached 49,936 with 176 new deaths. "Of the 176 reported deaths, only eight occurred in December 2021. About 7 percent of the reported deaths today occurred in November 2021 due to late encoding of death information to COVID-Kaya," the DOH said. The COVID-Kaya is a digital application used by health care workers to collect and share data about Covid-19 cases. The DOH added that this issue is currently
MANILA - The country's total number of recovered coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases has reached 2,773,891 after 882 new recoveries were reported on Thursday. In its latest case bulletin, the Department of Health (DOH) noted that recoveries account for 97.8 percent of the total case count of 2,835,996 since the start of the pandemic last year. Meanwhile, 562 new infections brought the total number of active cases nationwide to 12,169. Among active cases, 4,838 are mild, 851 are asymptomatic, 446 are critical, 2,177 are severe, and 3,857 are moderate. The death toll has reached 49,936 with 176 new deaths. "Of the 176 reported deaths, only eight occurred in December 2021. About 7 percent of the reported deaths today occurred in November 2021 due to late encoding of death information to COVID-Kaya," the DOH said. The COVID-Kaya is a digital application used by health care workers to collect and share data about Covid-19 cases. The DOH added that this issue is currently