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Coronavirus infections in the Philippines exceed 356,000 mark
Franco Luna (Philstar.com) – October 18, 2020 – 4:00 pm
MANILA, Philippines – Health authorities recorded 14,941 new recoveries from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in their latest “massive recovery” on Sunday along with 2,379 new cases of the pathogen, bringing their totals to 310,158 and 356,618, respectively. .
In the latest Health Department case bulletin on Sunday afternoon, health officials also recorded 50 new virus-related victims, bringing the death toll to 6,652.
Without total deaths and recoveries, there are still 39,808 active cases of COVID-19 in the country as of Sunday afternoon, or cases still infected with the virus that have not recovered or died.
Sunday’s additions raise the rate of recovery in the Philippines to 87%, up from 86% on Sunday, October 11.
The day before Saturday, health authorities also added 2,673 cases of the coronavirus. During the past week, coronavirus infections increased by 17,277 after rising by 16,844 the previous week.
Weekly massive recoveries are part of DOH’s Oplan Recovery program, which labels mild and asymptomatic cases as recoveries following official World Health Organization discharge criteria.
It has been eight months or 215 days since the first enhanced community quarantine was implemented in the Philippines in March, although the national government is still fighting to curb the spread of the coronavirus, while claiming that it is winning against the pandemic and that thought of what. otherwise, it is an “incorrect opinion”.
However, the Philippines is still under the longest recorded quarantine in the world, with daily additions in coronavirus cases still running into the thousands, the only country in the World Health Organization’s Western Pacific Region to do so. .
The Philippines is also among the top 20 countries for coronavirus cases and has the highest number of confirmed patients in Southeast Asia, although President Rodrigo Duterte has routinely emphasized in his public speeches that securing a vaccine is the only solution to the coronavirus situation. coronavirus in the Philippines. ahead.
Worldwide, more than 39 million cases of coronavirus have been recorded, leading to more than 1.1 million deaths, according to the latest data from the World Health Organization.
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