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This brought the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country to 1,062,225.
The total recoveries also increased to 975,234 with the addition of 9,214 new recovered patients.
The total number of deaths also rose to 17,525 with 94 new deaths.
The case bulletin of the DOH also showed 69,466 active cases, of which, 94.7 percent were mild, 1.8 percent were asymptomatic, 1.1 percent were critical, 1.4 percent were severe and 0.94 percent were moderate.
The DOH said 13 duplicates were removed from the total case count as nine of these were recoveries.
“Moreover, 51 cases that were previously tagged as recoveries were reclassified as deaths after final validation,” it said.
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“The ADAR shows a decrease in the recent one to two weeks with more than seven cases for every 100,000 individuals against ADAR of three to four weeks ago of 9.21 particularly here in NCR,” Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said in a virtual forum.
“In February, we were only seeing three cases per 100,000 population. During the peak of this surge, we were seeing 34 which is an 11-fold increase on our attack rate. We have improved currently to an averge of 25 per 100,000,” she added.
While this is an improvement, Vergeire said, this is “still beyond the seven per 100,000 threshold that we have set for high risk classification.”
Published May 3, 2021, 1:13 PM
The clinical trial results on the use of anti-parasitic drug Ivermectin as a treatment for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) could be expected by January 2022 or by first quarter of 2022, a top official of the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (DOST-PCHRD) said Monday, May 3.
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DOST-PCHRD Executive Director Dr. Jaime C. Montoya said preparations were underway to ensure the smooth conduct of the clinical trial, which will likely be conducted by end of May or first week of June.
DOST-PCHRD Executive Director Dr. Jaime C. Montoya says results of Ivermectin clinical trial may be out by first quarter of 2022.@manilabulletin charissa luci (@chailuci) May 3, 2021
Published May 2, 2021, 8:41 AM
A former overseas Filipino worker will launch his own software development enterprises through the Department of Science and Technology’s (DOST) Innovations for Filipinos Working Distantly from the Philippines (iFWD PH).
DOST Secretary Fortunato de la Peña said the DOST-National Capital Region (NCR) provided more than P200,000 to Ruel Bermudez of the Bermudez Software Labs for the acquisition of hardware, cloud hosting subscription, and vulnerability assessment and penetration testing for the development of the eBarangayPH System.
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“After approving the first project for the Innovation Funding Phase of the Innovations for Filipinos Working Distantly from the Philippines (iFWD PH) Program, the DOST NCR held a virtual fund release for the Bermudez Software Labs owned by former OFW Ruel Bermudez marking the start of his project under the second phase of DOST’s iFWD PH program,” he said during his weekly report
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In its latest weather update, the state weather bureau said the easterlies remain as the dominant weather system in the country, bringing warm winds from the Pacific.
Metro Manila and the rest of the country may experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers due to the prevailing easterlies and the localized thunderstorms.
According to weather specialist Loriedin Dela Cruz, there is a low chance of heavy rains that would affect the country.
“Mararanasan pa rin natin ang maalinsangang panahon lalong-lalo na sa katanghalian at early afternoon (We will still experience warm weather especially at noon and early afternoon),” Dela Cruz said.