(CNN Philippines) Metro Manila — The country tallied 3,666 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total to 1,367,894, the Department of Health said on Tuesday.
The number excludes data from 12 laboratories that failed to submit their reports on time.
The death toll is 23,809 or 1.74% of the case count after 60 more people lost their lives to the disease.
Active cases or currently sick patients are at 52,696 or 3.9% of the COVID-19 total with 91% experiencing mild symptoms, 4.2% without symptoms, 2% with severe symptoms, 1.4% in critical condition and 1.4% in moderate condition.
There are 1,291,389 recoveries or 94.4% of the number of cases after 6,810 more people were cleared of the coronavirus.
The DOH said it reclassified 56 survivors into fatalities after validation and removed 11 duplicates, including eight recoveries.
The 12 laboratories that failed to submit their reports contributed an average of 3% of samples tested and 3.1% of positive individuals in the last 14 days, the department added… Read More
