COVID-19 single-day deaths, active cases reach new all-time high
CNN Philippines — The country posted grim milestones on Friday, with 401 COVID-19 fatalities, the highest in a single day, as well as the most number of sick people, according to the Department of Health.
The death toll is now 14,520 or 1.73% of total number of cases. The DOH said 213 of the newly recorded fatalities were added after validation showed they were mistakenly tagged as recoveries in the previous report.
Active cases were at 178,351, a new all-time high, or 21.2% of the case count. The country tallied 12,225 new infections, the third highest single-day infection count, pushing the total to 840,554.
At least 97.5% of the active cases were mild symptoms, 1.4% with no symptoms, 0.4% in critical condition, 0.5% severe, and 0.27% moderate condition. Meanwhile, 946 more patients got better, raising the recovery count to 647,683 or 77.1% of total cases.
Ten laboratories have yet to submit reports, the DOH said. The agency said it also removed 37 duplicates in the overall tally.
