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MANILA (UPDATED) The Philippines registered 2,673 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, bringing the country’s total infections to 354,338.
Of the additional cases recorded, 2,286 or 86 percent occurred in the past 2 weeks. The main regions with cases in the last 14 days were NCR (646), Region 4A (603) and Region 3 (213)
A total of 13 labs out of the more than 100 accredited testing labs did not submit their data on time, the health department said.
BREAKING‼ ️
DOH is reporting 2,673 new cases today, as 13 labs were unable to submit data.
NCR is no longer part of the major provinces / HUC / ICC for recently announced cases, but Quezon City is. A new way of classification?
DOH also announces 73 deaths ⚠️
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Cases of recoveries increased by 539 from the previous day, according to the Department of Health (DOH) in its latest bulletin. The total number of recoveries stood at 295,312.
The country also recorded 73 new deaths from the respiratory disease, bringing the death toll to 6,603. Of the additional deaths, 49 occurred this month, 3 in September, 18 in August, 2 in July and 1 in May.
Active cases in the country reached 52,423, of which 84.7 percent of patients have mild symptoms, official figures from the DOH showed.
The NCR is no longer part of the top provinces with the most additional cases according to Saturday’s case bulletin.
But the bulletin has included highly urbanized cities (HUC) and independent component cities (ICC) in the ranking of places or areas with the most recently reported cases.
Quezon City is the only NCR city shortlisted among the nation’s HUC to have the most new cases at 143.
A total of 85 duplicates were removed from the total count. Of these, 78 were labeled as recovered cases. One kill was also removed.
Meanwhile, 14 cases initially labeled as recoveries turned out to be deaths after final validation.
The OCTA Research Group, made up of professors from the University of the Philippines and the University of Santo Tomas, estimates that COVID-19 cases in the Philippines will reach 380,000 to 410,000 by the end of October.
According to the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) coronavirus control panel, more than 39.3 million people have been infected by COVID-19 worldwide since the start of the pandemic. Of these, more than 1.1 million have died and more than 27.1 million have recovered.
To date, the Philippines is among the top 20 countries with the most total COVID-19 infections, ranking 20th, according to the JHU tally.
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