MANILA - The nation's overall tally of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) patients who beat the disease have reached 2,471,282 as 133 new recoveries were recorded as of Wednesday. The Department of Health (DOH) said the figure is equivalent to a 94.2-percent recovery rate from a total of 2,622,917 infections since the start of the pandemic last year. The DOH also tallied 9,868 new confirmed cases, bringing the total number of active cases in the country to 112,807 or 4.3 percent of all cases. "The relatively lower case counts today is due to lower laboratory output last Monday, October 4. The DOH is in constant coordination with the DICT [Department of Information and Communication Technology] to resolve technical issues with COVIDKaya," it said. Of the active cases, 76.7 percent are mild, 13.9 percent are asymptomatic, 2.8 percent are severe, 5.49 percent are moderate, and 1.2 percent are in critical condition. There were no new fatalities due to technical issues with C
Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire (File photo) MANILA - A decrease in the number of reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests for Covid-19 was observed in 14 regions "in the recent week versus the previous week," a Department of Health (DOH) official said Monday. "The largest decline was for the National Capital Region (NCR) where from 266,042, it was lower by 37,383 tests or 14.1 percent. This translated to the lower positive individuals from 48,229 to 35,603," DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said in an online media forum. Vergeire said the DOH is still assessing "if this reflects a true decline in cases or is affected by other factors such as ongoing active case finding and contact tracing, and the use of rapid antigen test to complement the RT-PCR testing". She said six local governments in the NCR have reported a decrease in Covid-10 tests in the last two weeks including Caloocan, Pasig, Pateros and Mandaluyong
MANILA - The country has recorded 45,249 new Covid-19 recoveries, bringing the recovery count to 2,442,623 as of Sunday. The Department of Health (DOH) said the figure is equivalent to a 94.2 percent recovery rate from a total of 2,593,399 infections since the start of the pandemic last year. The DOH also tallied 13,273 new confirmed cases, bringing the total number of active cases in the country to 112,008 or 4.3 percent of all cases. Of the active cases, 85.2 percent are mild, 6.1 percent are asymptomatic, 2.5 percent are severe, 4.58 percent are moderate, and 1.1 percent are in critical condition. Also logged were 112 new fatalities, raising the death toll to 38,768 or 1.49 percent of the total cases. The DOH said 47 duplicates were removed from the total case count as 34 of those were recoveries. Meanwhile, 47 cases previously tagged as recoveries were reclassified as deaths after final validation. According to DOH data on October 1, about 20.2 percent of 64,747 who were tested tur