(CNN Philippines) Metro Manila — The country logged 156 new COVID-19 deaths on Saturday, pushing the death toll to 20,722, according to the Department of Health.
This is the fourth time in a row this week that there were at least 150 daily fatalities recorded. The death toll is now 1.7% of the number of cases.
The DOH daily bulletin counted 1,216,582 cases in total after 7,443 more people got infected. Of this total, 4.4% or 53,614 are active or currently ill cases, with at least 93.1% experiencing mild symptoms, 2.3% without symptoms, 1.8% in severe condition, 1.4% in critical condition, and 1.28% in moderate condition.
The recovery number also jumped to 1,142,246 or 93.9% of the COVID-19 tally after 7,533 more people were cleared of the coronavirus.
Of the newly reported deaths, the DOH said 91 were previously tagged as recoveries. It also deleted 15 duplicate cases, including 14 survivors.
The DOH said the total excludes data from two laboratories that failed to submit their reports on time. These laboratories contributed about an average of 0.3% of samples tested and 0.7% of positive individuals in the past 14 days, the agency added.
The daily positivity rate or rate of individuals who tested positive was at 12.5% based on 46,442 tests done as of May 27. The rate continues to stay at the 11-13% range which has been recorded daily since May 5. The recommended percentage is below 5%, according to the World Health Organization, as high rates may mean high transmission and more undetected cases… Read More
