(Eagle News) — Over 800 more COVID-19 Omicron subvariant cases have been detected in the country, the Department of Health said on Wednesday, July 12. The DOH said of the 814 additional Omicron subvariant cases, 785 were classified as the Omicron XBB subvariant. The 785 were all local cases found in all regions of the country except for Eastern Visayas, and included the following: 254 XBB.2.3 cases 206 XBB.1.16 cases 135 XBB.1.9.1 cases 65 XBB.1.5 […]
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DOH reports 2,080 new COVID-19 cases
Thirteen additional deaths recorded (Eagle News)–The Department of Health on Saturday, May 20, recorded 2080 new COVID-19 cases. With the addition, the total COVID-19 cases reported in the country stands at 4125716. The active tally is at 16503. The regions with the highest number of cases reported in the recent two weeks were the National Capital Region (NCR) with 10,006. It was followed by Calabarzon with 5,607, Central Luzon with 1,912, Western Visayas with 1,401, […]
PHL posts 2,065 new COVID-19 cases
(Eagle News)–The Philippines logged over 2000 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, May 13. The Department of Health said with the 2065 new cases, the active tally rose to 15527. COVID-19 cases are now at 4113093. The National Capital Region posted the highest number of new cases in the past two weeks with 8,699. It was followed by Calabarzon with 4,610, Central Luzon with 1,485, Western Visayas with 1,034, and the Bicol Region with 714. Of […]
IATF raises COVID-19 Alert Level 2 over Benguet, 25 other areas
(Eagle News)–The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases has raised an Alert Level 2 over Benguet. The IATF said the alert level is also in place over the following areas from April 15 to 30: Ifugao; Quezon Province; Palawan; Camarines Norte; Masbate; Antique; Negros Occidental; Bohol; Cebu Province; Negros Oriental; Leyte; Western Samar; Lanao del Norte; Davao de Oro; Davao del Norte; Davao del Sur; Davao Occidental; North Cotabato; Sarangani; Sultan […]
Philippines logs 2 more Omicron BQ.1 cases
1,283 new COVID-19 cases reported on Friday, Dec. 2 (Eagle News) — The Philippines logged two more cases of the highly transmissible Omicron BQ.1, a sublineage of the highly transmissible BA.5 subvariant. The Department of Health said at least 536 new cases of Omicron subvariants were also recorded. According to the DOH, from November 21 to 24, the two new local cases of BQ.1 came from Regions 2 and 7. With the additional cases, the […]
Philippines logs 1,238 new COVID-19 cases
(Eagle News) — The Philippines logged 1,238 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, Dec. 1. According to the Department of Health, the additional cases pushed the country’s COVID-19 tally to 4,037,547. Of these, 18,412 are active. Metro Manila logged the highest number of new COVID-19 cases in the last 14 days, with 4,385. It was followed by Calabarzon with 1925, Western Visayas with 1051, Central Luzon with 1025, and Central Visayas with 958. Of the provinces […]
DOH: Philippines logged 8,032 new COVID-19 cases from Nov. 21 to 27
(Eagle News) — The Philippines posted 8,032 new COVID-19 cases from Nov. 21 to 27. According to the Department of Health, this represents an average of 1,147 daily cases for the week. The average is 0.3 percent higher than the cases registered from Nov. 14 to 20. According to the DOH, from Nov. 14 to 27, 17 deaths also occurred. These are apart from the additional 120 deaths reported since July 2020. New recoveries for […]
Philippines logs 1,874 new COVID-19 cases
(Eagle News)–The Philippines logged 1,874 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, Nov. 26. With the additional cases, the active tally rose to 18348. This is the third straight day of over 1,000 new COVID-19 infections reported. The Philippines has now logged 4,032,326 total COVID-19 cases. The DOH said of the additional cases, Metro Manila logged the highest number of new COVID-19 cases in the last 14 days with 3418. It was followed by Calabarzon with 1801; […]
DOH: 14 cases of “more transmissible” Omicron subvariant BQ.1 detected in Philippines
(Eagle News) — The Philippines has detected 14 cases of the more transmissible Omicron subvariant BQ.1, the Department of Health said on Friday, Nov. 25. According to the DOH, based on the latest genome sequencing conducted by the University of the Philippines-Philippine Genome Center, Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, and San Lazaro Hospital from October 28 to November 18, 13 were local cases from the Cordillera Administrative Region, Regions 1, 4A, 7, and National Capital […]
Philippines logs 1,153 new COVID-19 cases
(Eagle News) –The Philippines logged 1,153 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, Nov. 18. According to the Department of Health, as a result, total COVID-19 cases in the Philippines rose to 4,022127. Active cases are at 18,467. Metro Manila logged the highest number of new COVID-19 cases in the last 14 days, with 2,996. It was followed by Calabarzon, with 1765, Western Visayas, with 1,377, Central Luzon with 1,048 new cases, and Central Visayas with 941. […]
Philippines logs 9,069 new COVID-19 cases from Nov. 7 to 13
(Eagle News) — The Philippines logged 9,069 new COVID-19 cases from November 7 to November 13. According to the Department of Health, the daily case average for that week was 1,296. This was 43% higher than the 907 cases monitored from October 31 to November 6. DOH data also showed 113 deaths were also recorded from September 2020 to November 2022. Of the figure, the DOH data showed 39 took place in November 2022, 42 […]
Philippines logs 6,346 new COVID-19 cases from Oct. 31 to Nov. 6
(Eagle News) — The Philippines logged 6,346 new COVID-19 cases from October 31 to November 6. According to Department of Health data, daily average cases are at 907. An additional 243 verified COVID-19-related deaths were also recorded. Of these, 26 occurred from Oct. 24 to Nov. 6. The active number of severe or critical cases are at 640 as of November 6. According to the DOH, over 500, or 503, intensive care unit beds are […]





