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(Eagle News) — Philippine COVID-19 cases reached 884,783 after the Department of Health reported 8571 additional cases on Tuesday, April 13. DOH data said of the total cases, 165534 were active. Of these, 96.9 percent were mild, 1.8 percent asymptomatic, 0.4 percent critical, 0.5 percent were severe, and 0.31 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 703963 including the 400 additional ones. The death toll is now at 15285, including the 137 additional ones. The Philippines […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine COVID-19 cases reached 876225 on Monday, April 12, after the Department of Health reported 11378 additional cases. According to DOH data, of the total cases, 157451 were active. Of these, 97 percent were mild, 1.7 percent asymptomatic, 0.5 percent critical, 0.6 percent severe, and 0.32 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 703625 including the 203 additional ones. The death toll is now at 15149, including the 204 additional ones. The Philippines […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines reported a record-high of 401 additional COVID-19 deaths on Friday, April 9, pushing the COVID-19 death toll to 14520. According to DOH data, 12,225 additional COVID-19 cases also pushed the COVID-19 total to 840554. Thirty-seven duplicate cases were also removed from the total case count. “Moreover, 213 cases that were previously tagged as recoveries were reclassified as deaths after final validation,” the DOH said. Of the total cases, 178351 were […]
(Eagle News) — Foreigners can’t enter the Philippines without their Filipino kin during the travel ban. The Bureau of Immigration issued the clarification following reports some foreign nationals were denied entry at the airports for attempting to come to the country without their Filipino spouse, children, or parent. According to Bureau Commissioner Jaime Morente, existing guidelines on international travel set by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases do not allow […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine COVID-19 cases reached 747,288 on Wednesday, March 31, after the Department of Health reported 6,128 additional cases. Of the total cases, 130,245 are active, according to DOH data. Of the active cases, 95.8 percent are mild, 2.6 percent asymptomatic, 0.6 percent critical, 0.6 percent severe, and 0.38 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 603746 including the 491 additional ones. Over 100–or 106–more have died, pushing the COVID-19 death toll to 13297. […]
(Eagle News)–COVID-19 cases in the Philippines reached 594,412 on Sunday, March 7, after the Department of Health reported 3276 additional cases. This is the third consecutive day the country saw more than 3,000 additional cases in a day in 2021. Earlier, the government said it detected 52 more South African variant cases in the Philippines, 31 additional United Kingdom variant cases and “42 additional cases with mutations of potential clinical significance.” The additional variant cases […]
(Eagle News) — The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in the country reached 63,001 after the Department of Health reported 1841 cases on Friday, July 17. According to the DOH, the 1841 cases reported today were based on total tests done by 76 out of 84 laboratories. Of the newly-announced cases, majority still came from Metro Manila, with 441 from Manila, 140 from Quezon City, 96 from Mandaluyong, and 86 from Navotas. Eighty-seven of […]
Of 751 cases reported today, 221 are “fresh cases,” DOH says (Eagle News) — Recoveries climbed to 4153 after the Department of Health reported 90 more today, June 3. According to the DOH, the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country has also reached 19748, including the 751 cases reported on this day. Of the 751, the DOH said 221 were “fresh cases,” which means test results were released to the patient within the […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines is expected to join clinical trials for the development of a vaccine against COVID-19, the Palace said on Sunday, May 24. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said this was expected “by the last quarter of 2020 with the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) taking a lead role.” “The President wants to save the life of each and every Filipino; and thus places great interest [in] these clinical […]
(Eagle News)–The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in the country has reached 14035 after the Department of Health reported 258 additional cases. Of the new cases, the DOH said 75 percent or 195 cases came from Metro Manila; 20 percent or 51 cases from other areas; and 5 percent or 12 cases from repatriates. Recoveries rose to 3249, with the addition of 72. The death toll stands at 868, including the five new ones. […]
(Eagle News)–Cabinet Secretary Eduardo Año doesn’t believe the country is on its second wave of COVID-19 infections. Año made known his position in a television interview on Thursday, May 21, a day after Health Secretary Francisco Duque made the statement in a Senate Committee of the Whole hearing. Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea had also disagreed with Duque. “Para sa akin kasi, parang itong bungang ito ay part pa magmula nang magsimula tayo,” he said. He […]
(Eagle News) — The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in the country climbed to 12718 on Monday, May 18, after the Department of Health reported 205 new cases. According to the DOH, of the new cases, 83 percent or 145 cases came from Metro Manila; 16 percent or 52 cases from other areas; and one percent of eight cases from Region VII. Recoveries rose to 2729 with 94 new ones. Deaths, on the other […]
