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(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines climbed to 2,206,021 on Saturday, Sept. 11, after the Department of Health reported a record-high of 26,303 more cases. The additional cases shattered Thursday’s record of 22,820 additional cases. According to the DOH, of the total cases, 185,706 are active. Of these, 85.3 percent are mild, 10.2 percent are asymptomatic, 0.6 percent are critical, 1.3 percent are severe, and 2.56 percent are moderate. Recoveries rose to 1985337 […]
But DOH also records only 4 COVID deaths, one of the lowest single-day fatalities (Eagle News) – The new COVID-19 cases added on Monday breached 8,000 for the first time, becoming the new record-high for single day new cases. The Department of Health said that additional cases reached 8,019 on March 22, bringing the total active cases to 80,970 or 12.1 percent of total COVID-19 cases. The new record-high came about as the DOH reported […]
(Eagle News)–The Duterte administration’s net satisfaction rating rose to a record-high +72, with increases across all geographical areas, in a recent Social Weather Stations survey. The SWS said that the +72 obtained in the survey done from March 28 to 31 translated to 81% of adult Filipinos satisfied, 10% neither satisfied nor dissatisfied, and 9% dissatisfied with the administration’s general performance. Classified as “excellent,” the +72 is 6 points above the very good +66 obtained […]
WASHINGTON, United States — Payments from immigrants back to their home countries, including the Philippines, rebounded to reach a new record in 2017 but the costs of transferring funds also increased, the World Bank said Monday. The stronger-than-expected recovery in remittances — payments that are key to supporting the economies of many poor countries — was driven by growth in Europe, Russia and the United States, the World Bank said in a report. The bank estimates that […]
