(PNA photo by Joey Razon) MANILA - The number of fresh coronavirus infections in the country soared to 33,169, the highest since the start of the pandemic last year, the Department of Health (DOH) reported on Monday. In its latest Covid-19 bulletin, the agency said this brought the total active case tally to 157,526, out of a total of 2,998,530 infections since the start of the pandemic in March 2020. Monday's figure of new cases surpassed Sunday's 28,707. Another 3,725 recoveries were also recorded, accounting for 93 percent of the total number of confirmed infections. Out of the active cases, 147,912 are mild, 2,858 are moderate, 4,994 are asymptomatic, 1,461 are severe, and 301 are critical. "Of the 33,169 reported cases today, 32,972 (99 percent) occurred within the recent 14 days - Dec. 28, 2021 to Jan. 10, 2022," the DOH reported. The regions with the most cases in the recent two weeks were the National Capital Region (NCR) with 18,535 or 56 percent of new infec
(PNA photo by Joey Razon) MANILA - The number of fresh coronavirus infections in the country soared to 33,169, the highest since the start of the pandemic in March 2020, the Department of Health (DOH) reported on Monday. In its latest Covid-19 bulletin, the agency said this brought the total active case tally to 157,526, out of a total of 2,998,530 infections since the start of the pandemic. Monday's figure of new cases surpassed Sunday's 28,707. Another 3,725 recoveries were also recorded, accounting for 93 percent of the total number of confirmed infections. Out of the active cases, 147,912 are mild, 2,858 are moderate, 4,994 are asymptomatic, 1,461 are severe, and 301 are critical. "Of the 33,169 reported cases today, 32,972 (99 percent) occurred within the recent 14 days - Dec. 28, 2021 to Jan. 10, 2022," the DOH reported. The regions with the most cases in the recent two weeks were the National Capital Region (NCR) with 18,535 or 56 percent of new infections; Cal
(File photo) MANILA - The Department of Health (DOH) on Thursday reported another 17,220 fresh coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) infections. In its latest Covid-19 bulletin, the agency said this raised the active case count to 56,561. Thursday's new infections are equivalent to a nearly 60 percent increase from Wednesday's 10,775 fresh cases. Out of the active cases, 49,988 are mild, 2,954 are moderate, 1,837 are asymptomatic, 312 are critical, and 1,470 are severe. "Of the 17,220 reported cases today, 17,104 (99%) occurred within the recent 14 days - December 24 to January 6, 2022," the DOH reported. Meanwhile, 616 new recoveries brought the number of recovered cases to 2,780,613 or 96.3 percent of a total of 2,888,917 infections since the pandemic started in March 2020. The regions with the most cases in the recent two weeks were the National Capital Region (NCR) with 11,563 or 68 percent of new infections; Calabarzon, 3,165 or 19 percent; and Central Luzon, 1,126
(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