DOH logs 360 more COVID-19 infections, 61 new deaths

DOH logs 360 more COVID-19 infections, 61 new deaths
(CNN Philippines) Metro Manila — The country on Monday listed an additional 360 coronavirus cases, marking the 20th straight day new infections stayed below a thousand.

The Department of Health said the cumulative tally rose to 2,836,803, where 0.4% or 11,083 are active cases.

Its data showed that of the newly confirmed cases, 348 occurred within the last 14 days, with Metro Manila contributing the highest number at 65, followed by Calabarzon and Western Visayas at 32 each.

Broken down into severity of infections, the DOH said 782 of the currently sick have no symptoms, 4,292 are mild cases, 3,662 are moderate, 1,948 are severe, and 399 are critical.

The department also reported 61 new deaths, but it noted that only nine occurred in December. Others were encoded late, including 26 in November, 23 in October, and three in September.

After final validation, it added that 49 cases previously tagged as recoveries were reclassified as deaths.

Nationwide, the total lives lost to the viral illness now stands at 50,341.

Meanwhile, 519 more patients got well, with the recovery count climbing to 2,775,379.

Based on the bulletin, five testing laboratories did not submit their reports on time, while four did not operate on Dec. 11. These nine facilities contributed an average of 1.7% of all samples tested and 0.8% of all positive cases over the past two weeks.

The DOH also said it deleted two duplicate entries from its data, as well as 147 cases found to have tested negative… Read More