COVID-19 tally nears 990,000
9,661 new infections, active cases drop to 89,485
CNN Philippines – The COVID-19 nationwide tally is nearing 990,000 after 9,661 more people got infected, the Department of Health’s Saturday bulletin stated.
The bulletin showed 989,380 total numbers of coronavirus infections with 9 percent or 89,485 active cases. It is the first time after March 23 when the country had less than 90,000 currently ill patients. The DOH, however, said this excludes data from five laboratories that failed to submit their reports on time, adding one lab was also not operational on April 22.
At least 95.9 percent of the active cases have mild symptoms, 1.4 percent have no symptoms, 1.1 percent are in a severe state, 0.8 percent are in critical condition, and 0.7 percent are moderate cases.
The death toll climbed to 16,674 – 1.69 percent of the case count – with 145 more fatalities, marking the fourth consecutive day of over 100 deaths. Meanwhile, another surge of recoveries was recorded, with 22,877 getting better, to lift the survivor count to 883,221 or 89.3 percent of the total tally. The department said it reclassified 56 recoveries into deaths after validation and deleted 21 duplicates, including 12 survivors.
