By Ma. Teresa Montemayor / Philippine News Agency
The Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday (Oct. 20) reported 3,656 new COVID-19 cases, the country’s lowest daily tally in over three months.
The new infections brought the total number of active cases nationwide to 67,061, according to the latest DOH case bulletin.
About 77.9% of these active cases are mild, 6.8% are asymptomatic, 2% are critical, 4.6% are severe, and 8.69% are moderate.
The DOH also said 228 more patients recovered from the disease, bringing the total number of recoveries to 2,627,331.
It said recoveries account for 96.1% of the total case count which has reached 2,735,369 since the start of the pandemic last year.
The DOH also logged five new deaths, bringing the total death toll to 40,977.
According to DOH data on Oct. 18, about 11.6% of 42,296 who were tested turned out positive for COVID-19.
“About 20 duplicates were removed from the total case count, and of these, 16 are recoveries. Also, five cases that were previously tagged as recoveries were reclassified as deaths after final validation,” it added.
All laboratories were operational on Oct. 18 while two laboratories were not able to submit their data to the COVID-19 Document Repository System.
The two non-reporting laboratories contribute, on average, 0.5% of samples tested, and 1.2% of positive individuals based on data in the last 14 days.
To date, 59% of 4,300 intensive care unit beds, 46% of 21,100 isolation beds, 44% of 14,800 ward beds, and 43% of 3,400 ventilators nationwide are utilized by patients with COVID-19.
Meanwhile, 53% of 1,500 intensive care unit beds, 39% of 4,900 isolation beds, 39% of 4,200 ward beds, and 40% of 1,000 ventilators dedicated to patients with COVID-19 are in use in the National Capital Region. (PNA) – jlo
