(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
(PNA photo by Ben Briones) MANILA - The number of fresh coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) infections in the country jumped to 10,775 on Wednesday. In its Covid-19 bulletin, the Department of Health (DOH) said the new cases brought the active case tally to 39,974 out of a total of 2,871,745 confirmed infections since the start of the pandemic. Wednesday's fresh cases are almost double from Tuesday's 5,434 new cases. The DOH also reported 605 new recoveries, raising the tally to 2,780,109 or 96.8 percent of the total case count. Out of the active cases, 33,866 are mild, 3,020 are moderate, 1,294 are asymptomatic, 319 are critical, and 1,512 are severe. "Of the 10,775 reported cases today (January 5), 10,688 (99 percent) occurred within the recent 14 days - December 23 - January 5, 2022," the DOH reported. As in the previous day, the top regions with most cases in the recent two weeks were the National Capital Region (NCR) with 7,420 or 69 percent of new infections; Ca
(File photo) MANILA - The number of fresh coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) infections in the country jumped to 10,775 on Wednesday. In its Covid-19 bulletin, the Department of Health (DOH) said the new cases brought the active case tally to 39,974 out of a total of 2,871,745 confirmed infections since the start of the pandemic. Wednesday's fresh cases are almost double from Tuesday's 5,434 new cases. The DOH also reported 605 new recoveries, raising the tally to 2,780,109 or 96.8 percent of the total case count. Out of the active cases, 33,866 are mild, 3,020 are moderate, 1,294 are asymptomatic, 319 are critical, and 1,512 are severe. "Of the 10,775 reported cases today (January 5), 10,688 (99 percent) occurred within the recent 14 days - December 23 - January 5, 2022," the DOH reported. As in the previous day, the top regions with most cases in the recent two weeks were the National Capital Region (NCR) with 7,420 or 69 percent of new infections; Calabarzon, 1,71
(File photo) MANILA - The Philippines on Wednesday logged 889 coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases which raised the total tally of confirmed infections to 2,839,790. In its latest case bulletin, the Department of Health (DOH) noted the figure brought the total number of active infections to 10,418. Of the active cases, 4,384 are mild, 536 are asymptomatic, 374 are critical, 1,778 are severe, and 3,346 are moderate. "Of the 889 reported cases today, 869 or 98 percent occurred within the recent 14 days - December 16 to 29, 2021," the DOH said. It added that the top regions with most cases in the recent two weeks were the National Capital Region with 564 or 65 percent, Calabarzon with 86 or 10 percent, and Region 3 with 53 or 6 percent of the country's new cases. Some 214 new recoveries were also logged which brought the total number of recovered cases to 2,778,131. Meantime, the death toll has reached 51,241 with 28 new deaths. "Of the 28 deaths, seven were from D
(File photo) MANILA - Another 421 coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases raised the country's total tally of confirmed infections to 2,839,111, the Department of Health (DOH) reported on Tuesday. This brought the total number of active infections to 9,750. In its Covid-19 bulletin, the DOH said 248 new recoveries pushed the total recovery count to 2,778,148. Of the active cases, 3,766 are mild, 489 are asymptomatic, 374 are critical, 1,778 are severe, and 3,343 are moderate. "Of the 421 reported cases today, 410 or 97 percent occurred within the recent 14 days - December 14 to 27, 2021," the DOH said. It added that the top regions with most cases in the recent two weeks were the National Capital Region with 170 or 41 percent, Calabarzon with 55 or 13 percent, and Region 3 with 39 or 10 percent of the country's new cases. The death toll has reached 51,213 with two new deaths. "The two deaths were from September 2021 which were only reported now due to late of d