(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 […]

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 […]

(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 […]

(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 […]

(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 […]

193 XBC variant cases also monitored (Eagle News) — The Philippines has detected 81 cases of the new COVID-19 Omicron XBB subvariant. According to the Department of Health, also detected were 193 cases of the XBC variant. DOH officer-in-charge Maria Rosario Vergeire said the 81 XBB cases were detected in Western Visayas and Davao Region. Meanwhile, the 193 XBC variant cases were detected in 11 regions—-Cagayan Valley, Calabarzon, Mimaropa, Western Visayas, Central Visayas, Davao Region, […]

(Eagle News) — The Philippines has logged 2619 more COVID-19 cases. According to the Department of Health, the additional cases pushed the COVID-19 tally in the country to 3916162. Of these, 26363 are active. The DOH said Metro Manila logged the highest number of new COVID-19 cases in the last 14 days, with 10,000. It was followed by Calabarzon with 3800, Central Luzon with 2299, Davao Region with 1251, and Western Visayas with 1017. Of […]

4,701 additional COVID-19 cases reported on Friday, Aug. 5 (Eagle News) — Ninety-five more Omicron subvariant BA.5 cases have been detected in the Philippines. According to Department of Health officer-in-charge Ma. Rosario Vergeire, of these, 67 came from Region 11, 25 from Region 12, and one each from Region 10, Caraga, and Metro Manila. She said so far, their travel histories are being verified. Meanwhile, on Friday, Aug. 5, the Philippines logged  4,701 more cases. […]