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(Eagle News) — The number of COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 209,000 mark on Friday, Aug. 28, after the Department of Health reported 3,999 additional cases. According to the DOH, of the 209,544 total cases, 71745 were active, of which 91.2 percent were mild, 6.8 percent asymptomatic, 0.8 percent severe, and 1.2 percent critical. The DOH said the 3,999 additional cases were from results done by 101 out of 110 labs. Of these, […]
(Eagle News) — The number of COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 205,000 mark on Thursday, Aug. 27, after the Department of Health reported 3249 additional cases. The DOH said of the 205581 cases, 68357 were active, of which 91.3 percent were mild, 6.6 percent asymptomatic, 0.8 percent severe, and 1.2 percent critical. The 3249 additional cases were from results of tests done by 98 out of 110 laboratories. Of these, 1584 were from […]
(Eagle News) – The country’s COVID-19 cases reached 202,361 on Wednesday, Aug. 26, with the addition of 5,277 new cases, the Department of Health said. This is one of the highest single-day jump in cases so far. Most of the cases are still coming from Metro Manila which saw a surge in cases starting August. As to the 5,277 new cases, Metro Manila accounted for 3,157 cases, followed by Laguna with 403 cases, Negros […]
(Eagle News) – COVID-19 recoveries added on Sunday, Aug. 23, reached 16,549 bringing down the total active cases from 69,362 to 55,236. This was one of the biggest single day jump in recoveries. It is second only to the highest single day number of recoveries so far recorded on Aug. 16 at 40,397. Because of this, total recoveries as of Sunday reached 16,459. There were however only 32 reported deaths, 22 of which came […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Health said that most of the 643 COVID-19 active cases involving health care workers are mild and asymptomatic cases, with only three cases in severe condition and two are critical cases. The latest data reported on Saturday, Aug. 22, were as of Aug. 21, Friday. The DOH said that a total of 6,399 health care workers have been infected with coronavirus, but that 5,717 have already recovered, accounting for […]
G614 virus strain only found in QC samples, may not be present yet in whole country (Eagle News) – The Department of Health said that the G614 mutation of the virus SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19 which was found in a sample of positive cases in Quezon City “may not represent the mutational landscape for the whole country.” But the DOH noted that this G614 variant which has also been reported in many other countries with […]
(Eagle News) — The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in the country breached the 161,000 mark on Sunday, Aug. 16, after the Department of Health reported an additional 3420 cases on the same day. The DOH said recoveries also rose to 112,586 after 40,397 were added to the existing tally. This is the most number of COVID-19 recoveries the Philippines has reported in a single day. The DOH said of the 161,253 total COVID-19 […]
DA issues guidelines as precautionary measure against COVID-19 (Eagle News) — The Department of Agriculture has imposed a “temporary ban” on the importation of poultry meat from Brazil after several reports that said that SARS-COV-2 was detected on chicken wings imported from that country. It also asked all meat processing plants in the country and slaughterhouses to make sure that the meat products they process are free from COVID-19, and that all workers involved […]
(Eagle News)–The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in the country breached the 157,000 mark on Saturday, Aug. 15, after the Department of Health reported 4351 cases on the same day. The DOH said of the total 156,918 total cases, 83,109 were active, of which 91 percent were mild, 7.5 percent asymptomatic, 0.6 percent severe, and 0.9 percent critical. The department said the 4351 newly-announced cases were from 96 out of 103 laboratories. Of these, […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte will only be able get vaccinated with the Russian-made “Sputnik V” vaccine against COVID-19 in May next year after this has passed clinical trials and had been approved for distribution by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), according to Malacanang. But for the clinical trials that would start in October and will last until March next year, there will be about 1,000 Filipinos who will volunteer for this […]
(Eagle News) — The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in the country breached the 147000 mark on Thursday, Aug. 13, after the Department of Health reported 4002 cases on the same day. The DOH said of the total 147526 cases, 74713 were active cases. Of these, 91.2 percent were mild, 7.3 percent asymptomatic, 0.6 percent severe and 0.9 percent critical. The DOH said the 4,002 newly-announced cases were from tests done by 93 out […]
Roque stresses resumption of face-to-face classes set in January 2021 (Eagle News) — Malacanang said that 50 percent of public schools in Metro Manila will be used as “temporary quarantine facilities” amid the rising COVID-19 cases. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque issued the statement on Tuesday, August 12, as the Palace stressed that there would be no face-to-face classes within the year. “The Palace confirms that 50% of public school classrooms in the National Capital […]
