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Active COVID cases down to 106,160 out of total COVID cases of 2.6 million (Eagle News)— The Department of Health (DOH) only reported 10,748 new COVID-19 cases and 61 new deaths on Monday, Oct. 4. The DOH also reported more recoveries at 16,523. Because of this, the total active cases are now down to 106,160 or 4.1 percent of total COVID cases. But recoveries increased its percentage to 94.4 percent as the total recoveries […]
ICU bed utilization in Metro Manila, nationwide remain at high-risk (Eagle News) – The Department of Health added 14,286 new COVID-19 cases and 130 new COVID deaths on Thursday, Sept. 30. Total COVID-19 cases already reached 2,549,966, but only 5.4 percent of these remain active cases at 138,294. Most of these have already recovered, or 93.1 percent or 2,373,378. Total COVID deaths reached 38,294 or just 1.5 percent of total cases, with the addition […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Health reported 18,449 more COVID-19 cases on Monday, Sept. 27, pushing the total COVID-19 cases in the Philippines to 2,509,177. Of the total cases, the DOH said 158,169 were active. Of the active cases, 78.7 percent are mild, 15.3 percent are asymptomatic, 1.7 percent are severe, and 0.8 percent are in critical condition. According to DOH data, the top regions with cases in the last two weeks were Metro Manila with […]
ICU utilization rate still at high-risk in NCR and nationwide (Eagle News) – The Philippines had an additional 20,755 new COVID-19 cases recorded on Sunday, Sept. 26, with recorded recoveries even higher at 24,391 as more laboratories reported their data to the Department of Health. The new active cases brought the total to 161,447 or just 6.5 percent of total confirmed COVID cases which already hit 2,490,858. Total recoveries were 2,292,006 or 92 percent […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Health (DOH) reported 16,907 new COVID-19 cases bringing to 165,907 the total active virus cases in the country. There were more recoveries reported at 27,120. This brought the total recoveries to 2,267,768 or 91.8 percent of total COVID-19 cases at 2,470,175. However, due to technical issues, the DOH reported no new deaths for the second straight day. Thus the total COVID-19 fatalities remained at 37,405, or 1.51 percent […]
(Eagle News) — House Deputy Speaker Rodante Marcoleta talked about the importance of the writ of mandamus he and other lawmakers are seeking from the Supreme Court so that government agencies would be compelled to allow the use of Ivermectin, an anti-parasitic drug, as a possible treatment and preventive drug against COVID-19. In the interview with NET25’s “Balitalakayan” on Thursday, Sept. 16, Marcoleta said that by filing the petition for a writ of mandamus, […]
Percentage of COVID deaths go down to 1.57 percent (Eagle News) – Another 20,745 new COVID-19 cases were added to the Philippines’ tally on Monday, Sept. 13, bringing the total active cases to 180,293, the Department of Health’s latest data showed. The good news is that this is lower than Sunday’s count of active cases of 181,951. The percentage of active cases even went down to 8 percent from the previous 8.2 percent. New […]
21,411 new COVID cases, 168 deaths added (Eagle News) – The total number of COVID-19 recoveries in the country breached 2 million on Sunday, Sept. 12, with the addition of 25,049 new recoveries, the highest in over four months. This brought the total recoveries to 2,010,271 or 90.3 percent of the total confirmed COVID-19 cases. New COVID cases added were 21,411 pushing the total active cases to 181,951 or 8.2 percent of the total […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Health reported 17,964 new cases on Friday, Sept. 10, bringing the total active cases to 175,470. Because of the additional cases, the active cases now comprise eight percent of total confirmed COVID-19 cases which reached 2,179,770. The eight percent active cases is the highest percentage of active cases in over four months or since April 24 when the percentage of active cases stood at nine percent. The new […]
Positivity rate of 29.4 percent also highest since pandemic began (Eagle News) – A new record-high of 22,820 new COVID-19 cases were added to the Philippines’ tally of confirmed infections, bringing the total active cases to 166,672. The reported new cases today, Thursday, Sept. 9, topped the previous record of 22,415 last Sept. 6. The 29.4 percent positivity rate is also the highest so far since the pandemic began last year. Total confirmed cases […]
Adds 5,132 new cases to Wednesday’s initial count of only 12,751 (Eagle News) – The Department of Health revised its case count for Wednesday, Sept. 8, adding 5,132 more cases to yesterday’s record of new cases reported at 12,751. In a statement, the DOH said that these were due to “technical issues encountered with COVIDKaya yesterday.” It said that there were also 41 additional recoveries yesterday. “Hence, the total cases for September 8 would […]
Says there is no corruption in procurement of PPEs (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte accused the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee headed by Senator Richard Gordon of using the hearings on the Department of Health (DOH) as a venue for “politicking.” In his Talk to the People aired on Wednesday, Sept. 8, President Duterte explained that the procurement of PPEs, and other needs at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020 as a […]
