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FILE PHOTO: The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), which was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory disease first detected in Wuhan, China, is seen in an illustration published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, USA January 29, 2020. Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAM / CDC / Prospectus via REUTERS.
MANILA, Philippines – The number of COVID-19 cases in the Philippines reached 458,044 and 1,491 new cases were recorded, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Saturday.
The latest DOH data showed there were also 436 new recoveries and 36 additional deaths, bringing the respective totals to 421,086 and 8,911.
Of the total cases, 28,047 are active cases, of which 83.4 percent are mild cases, 8.8 percent are asymptomatic, 4.9 percent are critical, 2.5 percent are severe and 0.30 percent are moderate.
There were nine duplicates, of which seven were recovered cases, removed from the total case count.
Additionally, there were nine cases previously labeled as recoveries but later identified as deaths, the DOH said.
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