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MANILA, Philippines – The total number of active COVID-19 cases in the country is now 138,948 after the Department of Health (DOH) recorded 8,920 new infections as of Thursday, April 1.
DOH’s COVID-19 bulletin showed 205 patients recovered, bringing total recoveries to 603,948. Meanwhile, six new deaths brought the death toll to 13,303.
In total, the country has 756,199 confirmed COVID-19 patients since the pandemic arrived in the country.
Most patients or 95.9 percent of active cases still had mild symptoms, while 2.5 percent were asymptomatic. At least 0.6 percent of patients currently have severe symptoms, while another 0.6 percent are in critical condition.
Of the 34,270 tests conducted Wednesday, the DOH said 21.1 percent tested positive. In terms of COVID-19 bed capacity in the National Capital Region, which is dealing with an increase in cases, 76 percent of intensive care unit beds have been used while 70 percent have been used. one hundred of the isolation beds are occupied.
Despite the high number of cases, seven labs were unable to submit their data to the COVID-19 Document Repository System (CDRS) on Wednesday.
Additionally, nine duplicate entries were removed from the total case count, three of which were listed as recoveries.
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