(SunStar) OVER 9,000 new cases of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) were added to the Philippines’ tally Tuesday, February 1, along with 24,201 additional recoveries and 51 deaths.

The Department of Health (DOH) said the 9,493 new cases announced Tuesday raised the country’s total caseload to 3,569,665.

Of the newly reported cases, 6,961 or 73 percent occurred in the last 14 days (January 19-February 1, 2022).

The top regions with cases in the recent two weeks were the National Capital Region (NCR) with 1,041 or 15 percent, Calabarzon with 775 or 11 percent, and Central Luzon with 696 cases (10 percent).

The new recoveries, meanwhile, pushed the total number of patients who have managed to recover from the disease to 3,339,558.

The 24,210 recoveries also brought the total active cases in the Philippines down to 176,053, from Monday’s (January 31) 190,818.

Of the active infections, 6,133 were asymptomatic, 164,995 were mild, 3,070 were moderate, 1,529 were severe and 326 were in critical condition, the DOH said.