MANILA - The Philippines has recorded an average of only three Covid-19 deaths per day this month so far, lower than the 17 fatalities daily count in August, a health official said Tuesday. In a media briefing, Department of Health (DOH) officer-in-charge Maria Rosario Vergeire said current data may still show 200 confirmed deaths per day due to delay in reporting. "We have been transparent on this, sinasabi namin sa inyo na mayroon tayong (we tell you that there are) delays in our reporting of deaths because deaths are still being validated on the ground," she said. "Our case fatality up until now is still 1.6 percent. Hindi po iyan tumaas ng 2 percent, tayo po ay naki-keep natin at that minimum, 'yung ating mga namamatay dito sa ating bansa (It never went over 2 percent, we are able to keep the deaths in our country at that minimum)," she added. While the country's Covid-19 deaths remain low, Vergeire said the DOH does not want any fatality due to the infe