PH registers 2,157 new cases of COVID-19, the total of infections exceeds 393,000

MANILA – The Department of Health (DOH) reported 2,157 additional cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the Philippines to 393,961.

Additional cases for the day do not include data from 9 accredited labs that did not deliver results on time, according to DOH’s Nov. 7 bulletin.

Quezon City led the areas of the country with the highest daily additional cases with 115, followed by Davao City with 107, Rizal with 105, Bulacan with 102, and Cavite province with 82 confirmed infections.

Cases of recoveries increased by 252 compared to the previous day. The total number of recovered patients stood at 350,216, representing 88.9 percent of the total registered cases.

The country also recorded 24 new deaths from the respiratory disease, bringing the death toll to 7,485.

To date, the Philippines has 36,260 active infections, representing 9.2 percent of the cumulative total cases. The DOH said 93.7 percent of currently ill patients are asymptomatic or have mild symptoms.

The DOH said that of the 24,518 people who were tested as of noon Friday, 1,711 or 7 percent tested positive for the disease.

A total of 5 duplicates were removed from the total count, according to the health department. Of these, 4 were labeled as recovered cases.

Meanwhile, 6 cases initially labeled as recoveries turned out to be deaths after validation.

The OCTA Research Group earlier this week said the COVID-19 positivity rate in Metro Manila is steadily declining as daily cases of coronavirus in the country also continue to decline.

According to the Johns Hopkins University coronavirus control panel, more than 49 million people have been infected by the COVID-19 virus worldwide since the start of the pandemic. Of these, more than 1.2 million have died and more than 32 million have recovered.

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