(Eagle News) — The number of COVID-19 cases in the country reached 28,459 as more fresh cases were reported on Friday, June 19, at 460, most of them in Metro Manila, according to the Department of Health.
The number of recoveries added were 288 which brings total COVID-19 recoveries at 7,378.
But fresh cases or cases confirmed in the last three days from Metro Manila were noticeably high at 277. This was more than twice the number of reported fresh cases of 120 the previous day, Thursday, June 18. This number is also the highest recorded number of confirmed cases added in a single day in Metro Manila based on an analysis of previous DOH data. Before this, the highest recorded number of confirmed cases added in a single day in Metro Manila was at 254 which was reported on May 27.
Central Visayas region also reported 21 fresh cases, while other regions combined reported 162 fresh cases on Friday.
The DOH also reported 201 late cases, or confirmed cases with test results released more than four days ago. Forty (40) of these came from Metro Manila, while 103 came from Central Visayas. Other regions combined sent in a report of 58 cases.
This makes up for a total of 661 added cases on Friday, June 19, from the 460 fresh cases and the 201 late cases.
Meanwhile, the DOH reported additional 14 fatalities on Friday, bringing the total of COVID-19 deaths to 1,130. But the DOH made a note in its bulletin that 12 of the fatalities “occurred in the first two weeks of June”, particularly fron June 4 to 14.
“One duplicate was also removed from the total case count,” it said.
As of Friday, June 19, the total virus fatalities stood at 1,130.
-Most active cases are mild, but asymptomatic cases also increasing-
The DOH also said that most of the country’s active cases are considered “mild”. In fact, in its update as of June 18 data, it said that 97.2 percent of the 10,593 active cases in the country are mild cases.
But there is a notable increase of asymptomatic cases — or COVID-19 positive persons without any symptoms — in the last four days. DOH said that as of June 18, the country has 460 asymptomatic cases representing 2.3 percent of active cases. Compare this to the DOH data as of June 14, which showed that asymptomatic patients were only 398, representing 2.1 percent of active cases then (18,888).
Severe cases remain at 61 in the past four days, while critical cases increased by two since June 14.
DOH data as of June 14 showed that critical cases were at 17. As of DOH’s June 18 data, critical cases increased to 19.
(Eagle News Service)
