Coronavirus infections in Philippines hit 164,474 with 3,314 new cases
MANILA, Philippines (Updated 4:49 p.m.) — The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the Philippines soared past 164,000 Monday with over 3,214 new infections.
To date, 164,474 people have caught the coronavirus disease in the country. Of the figure, 49,043 are active cases or individuals who are still sick.
Of the newly-reported cases, 1,918 were from Metro Manila, 274 from Laguna, 219 from Cavite, 118 from Rizal and 105 from Bulacan.
These areas were placed under modified enhanced community quarantine until August 18.
The DOH also reported 237 new recoveries, bringing the total number of COVID-19 survivors to 112,759. The day before, the department logged 40,397 additional recoveries—around 98% of which were part of its time-based recovery scheme.
Under this scheme, mild and asymptomatic cases after undergoing 14 days of quarantine are tagged as recoveries based on the discharging criteria of the World Health Organization.
The country’s death toll, meanwhile, rose to 2,681 after 18 more people succumbed to the disease. The country’s case fatality rate stood at 1.63%, higher than the global case fatality rate of 3.49%.
The DOH said it had removed 93 duplicates from the total case count.
Some 1.921 million people have been tested for coronavirus in the country.
President Rodrigo Duterte is expected to announce new quarantine classifications Monday night.
Mutated coronavirus strain
The Philippine Genome Center said a mutated coronavirus strain called G614 has been detected in the country. In a study published last month, international researchers found that a specific change in SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19, is more infectious in cell culture.
“We note that all the samples tested were from Quezon City and may not represent the mutational landscape for the whole country,” PGC said in an August 13 bulletin.
Genomic researchers also stressed “there is still no definitive evidence” showing that carriers of the G614 variant are actually more transmissible than those with the original D614 genotype. The mutation also does not appear to “substantially affect clinical outcomes,” they added.
DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire also said “there is no solid evidence” showing that G614 strain is more transmissible.
Globally, the coronavirus case count reached 21.67 million, with over 775,000 deaths since the health crisis burst out of China earlier this year.
Metro Manila and other areas in the NCR Plus bubble go into the more relaxed Modified ECQ starting April 12. MECQ has more restrictions than the general community quarantine. Bookmark this page for updates. Photo by The STAR/Michael Varcas
The Department of Health registers an additional 20,741 new COVID-19 infections, the second highest daily increase since the pandemic started.
- Active cases: 157,646 or 7.6% of the total
- Recoveries: 21,962 or, bringing total to 1,869,376
- Deaths: 189, raising toll to 34,062
The Philippines logs a new record high of 22,366 new COVID-19 infections, pushing the total to 1,976,202.
- Recoveries: 16,864 new; 1,797,278 total
- Deaths: 222 new; 33,330 total
- Active cases: 148,594 or 7.5% of total
Ngayong 4 PM, Agosto 30, 2021, ang Department of Health ay nakapagtala ng 22,366 na karagdagang kaso ng COVID-19. Samantala ay mayroon namang naitalang 16,864 na gumaling at 222 na pumanaw.
— Department of Health (@DOHgovph) August 30, 2021
Sa kabuuang bilang ng mga naitalang kaso sa bansa, 7.5% (148,594) ang aktibong kaso, pic.twitter.com/K3z9qxTqHu
The Department of Health logs 17,447 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the national tally to 1,916,461.
- Active cases: 142,531 or 7.4% of the total
- Recoveries: 6,771, bringing the number to 1,741,089
- Deaths: 113, or now 32,841 in total
The Philippines records a new record high of 18,332 COVID-19 cases, the highest single daily rise since the pandemic started. Coronavirus tally in the country is now at 1,857,646.
- Recoveries: 13,794 new; 1,695,335 total
- Deaths: 151 new; 31,961 total
- Active cases: 130,350 or 7% of total
Ngayong 4 PM, Agosto 23, 2021, ang Department of Health ay nakapagtala ng 18,332 na karagdagang kaso ng COVID-19. Samantala ay mayroon namang naitalang 13,794 na gumaling at 151 na pumanaw.
— Department of Health (@DOHgovph) August 23, 2021
Sa kabuuang bilang ng mga naitalang kaso sa bansa, 7.0% (130,350) ang aktibong kaso, pic.twitter.com/JPIDDFWz0Z
The Department of Health logs 16,694 more COVID-19 infections, bringing the national tally to 1,824,051.
- Active cases: 123,935 or 6.8% of the total
- Recoveries: 15,805, pushing total to 1,668,520
- Deaths: 398, bringing total to 31,596
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