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In its daily Covid-19 bulletin, the DOH reported 1,631 new cases, with active cases now at 30,047 or 7.1 percent of the country’s total cases. (PCI photo)

MANILA – The Department of Health (DOH) on Friday reported 370 new recoveries from the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), bringing the country’s total to 387,617 or 91 percent of all Covid-19 cases.

In its daily Covid-19 bulletin, the DOH reported 1,631 new cases, with active cases now at 30,047 or 7.1 percent of the country’s total cases.

Quezon City reported the highest number of new cases with 116, followed by Rizal with 101, Davao City with 95, Laguna with 89, and the City of Manila with 65.

Of the active cases, it said 84.3 percent were showing mild symptoms, followed by the asymptomatic at 8.3 percent, those in critical condition at 4.7 percent, those with severe symptoms at 2.5 percent, and those with moderate symptoms at 0.26 percent.

An additional 46 deaths were also reported, bringing the country’s death toll to 8,255 or 1.29 percent of the country’s total Covid-19 cases.

To date, 60 percent of the country’s 1,900 beds at intensive care units are available, 61 percent of 13,500 isolation beds unoccupied, 70 percent of 5,900 ward beds unoccupied, and 81 percent of 2,000 ventilators are not in use.

 

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