(BusinessWorld) PHILIPPINES posted 6,835 coronavirus infections on Monday, the seventh straight day the tally remained below the 10,000 mark.
This brought the total to 3.6 million, the Department of Health (DoH) said in a bulletin. The death toll hit 54,538 after 12 more patients died, while recoveries rose by 16,330 to 3.45 million.
The agency said 19.1% of 36,773 samples tested positive for the coronavirus on Feb. 5, way above the 5% threshold set by the World Health Organization (WHO).
There were 116,720 active cases, 7,806 of which did not show symptoms, 103,900 were mild, 3,184 were moderate, 1,495 were severe and 335 were critical.
DoH said 98% of the latest cases occurred on Jan. 25 to Feb. 7. The top regions with new cases in the past two weeks were Metro Manila with 949, Western Visayas with 822 and Central Visayas with 624 infections. All of the deaths occurred in January… Read More
