PH COVID-19 count exceeds 380,000 and 1,803 new cases are confirmed

MANILA – The Philippines recorded 1,803 new coronavirus infections on Saturday, bringing the total number of cases to 380,729, data from the health department showed.

This is the fifteenth day in a row that the daily count counted less than 3,000.

Rizal province led the areas of the country with the highest daily additional cases with 97 confirmed infections, followed by Davao City with 93 and Quezon City with 86 confirmed cases. Cavite and Pasig City followed with 66 and 65 new confirmed cases, respectively.

Cases of recoveries increased by 606 from the previous day, the Department of Health (DOH) said in its latest bulletin. The total number of recoveries stood at 331,046

The country also recorded 36 new deaths from the respiratory disease, bringing the death toll to 7,221.

As of Saturday, the Philippines has 42,462 active infections, of which 94.6 percent of patients have mild symptoms, the DOH said.

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 this month.

According to the JHU COVID-19 dashboard, around 45.6 million people have been infected by the COVID-19 virus worldwide since the start of the pandemic. Of these, more than 1.1 million have died and more than 29 million have recovered.

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