2,057 more cases of COVID-19 raise the number of PH cases to 367,819

MANILA – After 4 consecutive days in which daily additional cases were less than 2,000, the Philippines recorded 2,057 additional COVID-19 cases on Saturday, bringing the country’s total infections to 367,819, data from the health department showed.

The virus causing the disease, which first emerged in the central Chinese city of Wuhan late last year, claimed 19 more lives in the Philippines, bringing the death toll to 6,934, according to the Department of Health (DOH).

Total recoveries amounted to 313,112, 442 more than the previous day.

The country has 47,773 active infections, of which 83.7 percent of patients have mild symptoms, official figures from the Department of Health showed.

Twelve out of 136 test labs did not submit their data on time, he said.

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The OCTA Research Group, made up of professors from the University of the Philippines and the University of Santo Tomas, estimates that COVID-19 cases in the Philippines would reach 380,000 to 410,000 by the end of October.

According to the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) coronavirus control panel, more than 42.2 million people have been infected by the COVID-19 virus worldwide since the start of the pandemic. Of these, more than 1.1 million have died and more than 28.5 million have recovered.

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