Recovery tally nears 500K as PH logs over 11K new survivors

MANILA – Additional 11,388 patients have recovered from the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), pushing the country’s overall tally of recovered cases to 499,798 on Sunday.

In its 4 p.m. case bulletin, the Department of Health (DOH) said the figures represent 93 percent of those who tested positive for the virus nationwide.

The agency also reported 1,790 new confirmed cases and 70 new deaths.

These figures brought the overall tally of active cases to 26,333 and death toll to 11,179.

The DOH said about 87.9 percent of the active cases are mild, 5.6 percent are asymptomatic, 2.9 percent are severe, 0.67 percent are moderate, and 3 percent are in critical condition.

“One duplicate was removed from the total case count. Moreover, 55 cases that were previously tagged as recovered were reclassified as deaths after final validation,” it added.

DOH data on Feb. 6 showed that 1,343 or 5.1 percent of 26,109 who were tested turned out positive for Covid-19.

Currently, there are 21,400 beds dedicated to patients with Covid-19.

Available are 62 percent of 1,900 intensive care unit beds, 66 percent of 13,500 isolation beds, and 77 percent of 6,000 ward beds.

About 79 percent of 2,000 ventilators are available for Covid-19 patients’ use.