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(Eagle News) — The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in the country has breached the 12000 mark, at 12091, with the addition of 215 new cases on Friday, May 15. The Deparment of Health said of the new cases, 67 percent or 144 cases came from the National Capital Region; 32 percent, or 69 cases, from other areas; and 1 percent or two cases from Region 7. Recoveries have reached 2460, including the 123 […]
(Eagle News) — The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in the country has risen to 11,350, after the Department of Health reported additional 264 cases on Tuesday, May 12. According to the DOH, of the new cases, 63 percent came from Metro Manila, or 165 cases; 28 percent from Region 7, or 74 cases; and 9 percent from other areas, or 25 cases. Recoveries have breached the 2000 mark, now at 2106, with the […]
(Eagle News) — There are now 26 government certified laboratories and facilities that can do COVID-19 tests, increasing the country’s capacity for further virus test processing. The latest to be added was the state-of-the-art Asian Development Bank (ADB)-funded Molecular and Diagnostic Pathology Laboratory of the Jose B. Lingad Memorial General Hospital (JBLMGH) in San Fernando, Pampanga which was inaugurated on Saturday, May 9, 2020. JBLMGH was the recipient of the US2.5 million dollar-grant from the […]
(Eagle News)–The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in the country has reached 10794, with the addition of 184 cases on Sunday, May 10. The Department of Health said of the new cases, 42 percent or 77 came from Metro Manila, 41 percent or 75 from Region 7 and 17 percent or 32 from other areas. Recoveries neared the 2000 mark, at 1924, with 82 new ones. The death toll stood at 719 with 15 […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Health announced another indicator for the flattening of the curve in the country — the decreasing percentage of positive cases as against the total numbers tested daily. Health Undersecretary Dra. Maria Rosario Vergeire noted that in April there was a 17 percent positivity rate for COVID-19. In May, that number dropped to just 10 percent. In a press briefing on Friday, May 8, the DOH spokesperson said that […]
(Eagle News) – There are at least 23 provinces in the country which never had a COVID-19 case since the outbreak started, according to data from the Department of Health. The 23 provinces are part of the 41 provinces that did not record a new coronavirus case in the last two weeks, particularly from April 21 to May 4, the DOH said. The 23 provinces which never had a COVID-19 case so far are […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippines hopes to conduct 30,000 COVID-19 tests a day by the end of May as government officials pushed for a “test,test,test (T3) approach to beat the virus. Bases Conversion Development Authority (BCDA) president Vince Dizon, the deputy chief implementer of the National Action Policy (NAP) against COVID-19, said that they also hope to set up a total of 78 laboratories by May 30. Presently, there are 20 laboratories which had […]
(Eagle News) — The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in the country rose to 9485 on Monday, May 4, after the Department of Health reported 262 new cases. The DOH said of the 262 new cases, 122 or 47 percent were from Metro Manila, 88 or 33 percent from Region 7 and 52 or 20 percent from other areas. Recoveries continued to increase, now at 1315, after 101 additional ones were reported. This was […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Sonny Angara may no longer be infectious even if he tested positive again for COVID-19, a Health official said on Saturday, May 2. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the senator’s doctors may be right: that “this might be remnants of the virus in his body but are not necessarily infectious anymore.” Angara said he found out he was positive for COVID-19 again after he took a test in preparation for his donation […]
(Eagle News Service) — The total number of coronavirus cases in the country climbed to 8,928 with the addition of 156 new cases, according to the Department of Health. There were still more recoveries reported than deaths. The DOH added 40 new patient recoveries as of 4 p.m., Saturday, May 2, bringing the total to 1,124. Virus-related deaths added were 24 which brings the total to 603. The DOH is expanding furhter itsmass testing […]
(Eagle News) – The Marikina Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory is now licensed to conduct COVID-19 tests after passing the stringent stage 4 proficiency testing, according to the Department of Health. Because of this, the DOH said on Friday, May 1, that Marikina can now start COVID-19 tests in its laboratory. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that the Marikina molecular diagnostic laboratory passed on Thursday, April 30, the stage 4 proficiency testing. “Ngayon ay lisensyado […]
(Eagle News) – A baby just over two weeks old who contracted COVID-19 is the youngest survivor of the virus. The Department of Health (DOH) announced the good news in a Facebook post, that said that the baby at 16-days old conquered the coronavirus disease. “Meet our youngest COVID-19 survivor!” the DOH said in its Facebook post. “Meet BABY SURVIVOR, a 16-day old baby who conquered COVID-19!” it added. The youngest COVID-19 survivor is […]
