By Ma. Teresa Montemayor | Philippine News Agency
MANILA – The nation’s total number of recoveries from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) rose further to 2,725,257 after 3,901 more were reported on Sunday (Nov. 7).
In its latest case bulletin, the Department of Health (DOH) noted that recoveries account for 97.2% of the total case count which has reached 2,803,213 since the start of the pandemic in March last year.
Meanwhile, 2,605 new infections brought the total number of active cases nationwide to 33,526.
About 66% of the active cases are mild, 5.7% are asymptomatic, 3.8% critical, 9% are severe, and 15.41% are moderate.
A total of 191 new deaths were reported which brought the country’s COVID-19 fatalities to 44,430 or 1.58% of the overall caseload.
According to DOH data on Nov. 5, about 5.2% of 48,450 who were tested turned out positive for COVID-19.
“About 13 duplicates were removed from the total case count, and of these, nine are recoveries. Moreover, 151 cases that were previously tagged as recoveries were reclassified as deaths after final validation,” it added.
All laboratories were operational that day while two others were not able to submit their data to the COVID-19 Document Repository System.
The DOH noted the two non-reporting laboratories contribute, on average, 0.5% of samples tested, and 0.5% of positive individuals based on data in the last 14 days.
To date, 42% of 4,000 intensive care unit beds, 31% of 20,700 isolation beds, 25% of 14,100 ward beds, and 25% of 3,500 ventilators are utilized by patients with COVID-19 nationwide.
In use in the National Capital Region are 38% of 1,400 intensive care unit beds, 28% of 4,900 isolation beds, 26% of 4,000 ward beds, and 24% of 1,000 ventilators. (PNA) – bny
