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MANILA - The country's daily new cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) continued to decrease, with Saturday's tally of 17,382 infections down from the 18,638 recorded the previous day. To date, 213,587 are undergoing treatment, accounting or 6.1 percent of the total confirmed 3,528,796 cases since the outbreak began. Based on the latest data from the Department of Health (DOH), 35,382 have recuperated from the disease, raising the recovery tally to 3,261,338 or 92.4 percent of the total. The DOH also logged 70 new fatalities, pushing the Covid-19 death toll to 53,871. Of the active cases, 8,736 are asymptomatic, 199,893 have mild symptoms, 3,114 are moderate, 1,526 are severe, and 318 are critical. The positivity rate is 33.3 percent based on the 56,447 people who were tested on Thursday. All laboratories were operational that day but three failed to submit their data to the Covid-19 Document Repository System. The concerned laboratories contributed, on average, 0.6 perc ....
(File photo) MANILA - The Department of Health (DOH) on Thursday reported 18,191 new coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) infections and 22,014 recoveries. The latest Covid-19 bulletin indicated 226,521 active cases while total recoveries rose to 3,213,190, or 92 percent of 3,493,447 infections since the pandemic started in March 2020. Out of the active cases, 214,857 are mild, 2,971 are moderate, 6,875 are asymptomatic, 1,509 are severe, and 309 are critical. "Of the 18,191 reported cases today, 17,625 (97 percent) occurred within the recent 14 days Jan. 14 to Jan. 27, 2022," the DOH reported. The regions with the most cases in the recent two weeks were Region 4-A (Calabarzon), 2,101 or 12 percent; the National Capital Region (NCR) with 2,073 or 12 percent of new infections; and Davao Region, 2,011 or 11 percent. The death toll has reached 53,736 with 74 new deaths, representing 1.54 percent of overall cases. "Of the 74 deaths, 69 occurred in January 2022 (93 percent), ....
MANILA - The Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday reported 15,789 new coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) infections and 32,712 recoveries. The latest Covid-19 bulletin indicated 230,410 active cases while total recoveries rose to 3,191,219, or 91.8 percent of 3,475,293 infections since the pandemic started in March 2020. Out of the active cases, 218,711 are mild, 2,982 are moderate, 6,902 are asymptomatic, 1,507 are severe, and 308 are critical. "Of the 15,789 reported cases today, 15,061 (95 percent) occurred within the recent 14 days Jan. 13 to Jan. 26, 2022," the DOH reported. The regions with the most cases in the recent two weeks were Region 4-A (Calabarzon), 2,248 or 15 percent; the National Capital Region (NCR) with 2,135 or 14 percent of new infections; and Central Visayas, 1,520 or 10 percent. The death toll has reached 53,664 with 66 new deaths, representing 1.54 percent of overall cases. "Of the 66 deaths, 65 occurred in January 2022 (98 percent), and 1 ....
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 Philippines logged 32,246 new coronavirus infections and 5,063 recoveries Wednesday. The latest Covid-19 bulletin showed that there are 208,164 active cases while total recoveries rose to 2,797,816, or 91.5 percent of 3,058,634 infections since the pandemic started in March 2020. Wednesday's tally of fresh cases is higher than Tuesday's 28,007. Out of the active cases, 197,091 are mild, 2,872 are moderate, 6,435 are asymptomatic, 1,468 are severe, and 298 are critical. "Of the 32,246 reported cases today, 31,793 (99 percent) occurred within the recent 14 days - Dec. 30, 2021 to Jan. 12, 2022," the Department of Health said. The regions with the most cases in the recent two weeks were the National Capital Region (NCR) with 17,902 or 56 percent of new infections; Region 4-A (Calabarzon), 6,838 or 22 percent; and Central Luzon, 3,268 or 10 percent. The death toll is now 52,654 with 144 new deaths, representing 1.72 percent of overall cases. "Of the 144 ....