87.2% of Covid-19 cases have recovered: DOH



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COVID-19 NEWSLETTER. The Department of Health (DOH) daily Covid-19 bulletin beginning Friday (October 30, 2020). The DOH reported that a total of 330,457 people have recovered from Covid-19 or 87.2 percent of the country’s total cases. (Graphics courtesy of DOH)

MANILA – The Department of Health (DOH) reported on Friday that 330,457 people, or 87.2 percent of total coronavirus cases in the country in 2019 (Covid-19), have recovered after 636 new recoveries were recorded.

In its daily Covid-19 bulletin, the DOH said the percentage is out of the country’s 378,933 total Covid-19 cases, 94.4 percent of which were mild and asymptomatic.

Of the total cases in the country, 10.9 percent or 41,291 are active cases, with 2,006 new cases registered for the day.

Most of these active cases, or 83.3 percent, show mild symptoms, while 11.1 percent have no symptoms, 3.6 percent are in critical condition, and 2 percent experience severe symptoms. .

Batangas province reported the highest number of new infections with 124, followed by Cavite with 121, Quezon City with 105, Rizal with 89 and Bulacan with 81.

Some 38 new deaths were also reported, bringing the country’s total number of Covid-19 casualties to 7,185 or 1.9 percent of total Covid-19 infections.

The DOH also reported that the country has a relatively high number of beds and other facilities available to Covid-19 patients.

About 54 percent of the country’s 1,900 beds in intensive care units are unoccupied, along with 58 percent of the 13,500 isolation beds and 65 percent of the 5,900 beds in wards, while 77 percent One hundred of the 2,000 fans in the country are available.

The department reminded the public that all cemeteries and memorial parks are closed until November 4, as ordered by the Interagency Working Group for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases in its Resolution 72.

He noted that these establishments are closed to avoid overcrowding and prevent further transmission of the virus. (PNA)



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