Lowest active COVID-19 cases in 3 months

MANILA, Philippines – Active COVID-19 cases in the country fell to their lowest level in three months, but new cases also rose to their highest level in two weeks, or since the government eased quarantine restrictions.

The Department of Health (DOH) reported Sunday that the number of active cases fell to 27,115, the lowest since July 31, after the DOH declared the recovery of 17,727 people with mild or no symptoms who had completed a quarantine. two weeks.

But the number of new cases also rose by 2,396, the majority of cases since the government eased quarantine restrictions in a bid to revive an economy from its worst recession in years.

The new data brought the national tally to 383,113 since the outbreak began in January, but 91 percent of that number, or 348,760 cases, have already been recovered.

But DOH also reported 17 more deaths on Sunday, bringing the total death toll to 7,238, or 1.89 percent of the national total and 26 on the list of countries with the highest number of deaths in the world. .

Global count

In terms of the total number of infections, the Philippines was the 22nd most infected country and the second Southeast Asian country with the most cases behind Indonesia which reported 410,088 on Sunday with 13,869 deaths, according to the Johns Hopkins rolling tally. University in the United States.

Of the 27,115 active cases in the country, 24,810, or 91.5 percent, showed mild symptoms or no symptoms, while 840, or 3.1 percent, have severe conditions, while 1,464, or 5, 4 percent are in critical condition.

Davao City had the most new cases with 148, closely followed by Quezon City with 146, Laguna with 122, Cavite 112 and Benguet with 100.

The number of Filipinos abroad who have been infected has also decreased slightly, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), which reported five new infections.

Filipinos infected abroad

The number of Filipino expatriates who have been infected reached 11,244, although there were no new deaths and 17 new recoveries.

There are currently 3,148 patients in treatment, 7,279 have recovered and 817 have died.

“Compared to last week’s percentages, the total number of recoveries saw a slight increase to 64.74 percent, those in treatment remained at 28 percent, while the total percentage of COVID-19 cases it decreased slightly to 7.27 percent, “the DFA said in a statement. Saturday night

To date, there are 1,810 cases in the Asia-Pacific region with 510 patients in treatment. A total of 1,291 patients in the region have recovered, while nine have succumbed to the disease.

In Europe, 1,238 cases have been reported and 176 patients are still on treatment. A total of 965 have recovered and 97 died in the region.

Price controls

The Middle East and Africa have reported 7,380 cases. The region has registered 2,306 patients in treatment, 4,542 recoveries and 532 deaths.

In the Americas, a total of 816 cases were registered, 156 still under treatment, 481 patients recovered, and 179 died.

While national data showed slight improvement, the chairman of the Senate health committee on Sunday urged DOH and the Department of Commerce and Industry to impose price controls on coronavirus test kits and other medical supplies amid the growing surge. demand due to the pandemic.

In a statement, Senator Bong Go expressed alarm at DOH reports that several facilities were imposing additional fees to immediately facilitate sample processing and expedite the validation and publication of results. He cited news reports about people forced to shell out nearly P20,000 to get COVID-19 test results in a matter of hours.

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