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MANILA, Philippines – There are now 360,775 COVID-19 infections in the Philippines after the Department of Health (DOH) recorded 1,640 new cases on Tuesday.
The latest DOH data showed that of the total cases, 43,443 are classified as active cases.
The DOH previously identified that there were 42,191 active cases. But this was out of the total COVID-19 cases recorded at 359,169 on Monday.
READ: PH COVID-19 case count reaches 359,169 as DOH registers 2,638 new patients
Of the active cases, 83 percent are mild, 11.6 percent are asymptomatic, 3.4 percent are critical, and 2 percent are severe.
Cavite and Quezon City ranked as the top areas with the highest number of new cases registered, with 86 cases, respectively. They are followed by Batangas with 69, Bulacan with 62 and the city of Manila with 61.
DOH also announced 369 new recoveries and 17 more deaths, bringing the total to 310,642 and 6,690, respectively.
There were 34 duplicates, of which 26 were recovered cases and two were deaths, which have been removed from the total case count.
Additionally, there were four cases previously labeled as recoveries but later identified as deaths.
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