{"id":265365,"date":"2020-08-15T07:25:16","date_gmt":"2020-08-15T11:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=265365"},"modified":"2020-08-15T07:25:16","modified_gmt":"2020-08-15T11:25:16","slug":"doh-reports-4351-more-cases-covid-19-tally-now-over-157k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/08\/15\/doh-reports-4351-more-cases-covid-19-tally-now-over-157k\/","title":{"rendered":"DOH reports 4,351 more cases; Covid-19 tally now over 157K"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The DOH said the new cases are based on the total tests done by 96 out of 103 operational laboratories. (PCI photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The Department of Health (DOH) on Saturday reported 4,351 more confirmed cases of coronavirus disease (Covid-19), bringing the total to 157,918.<\/p>\n

The DOH said the new cases are based on the total tests done by 96 out of 103 operational laboratories.<\/p>\n

“There were ninety-three duplicates that were removed from the total case count. Of these, ten recovered cases have been removed,” it said in its case bulletin.<\/p>\n

Of the 4,351 reported cases, 3,469 occurred from August 2 to 15, 2020.<\/p>\n

The top regions with cases in the recent two weeks were Metro Manila with 1,952, Region 4A (Calabarzon) with 566, and Region 7 (Central Visayas) with 181.<\/p>\n

The DOH also announced 885 new recoveries and 159 deaths, raising the total to 72,209 and 2,600, respectively.<\/p>\n

Of the new fatalities, 71 came from Region 7, 61 from Metro Manila, 16 from Region 4-A, four from Region 5 (Bicol Region), two each from Regions 9 (Zamboanga Peninsula) and 3 (Central Luzon), and one each from Regions 11 (Davao Region), 1 (Ilocos Region), and the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.<\/p>\n

The DOH clarified that some 71 cases previously reported as recovered were reclassified as 70 deaths and one active case following its “final validation”.<\/p>\n

The DOH said the active cases are currently pegged at 83,109, about 91 percent are mild, 7.5 percent are asymptomatic, 0.6 are severe, and 0.9 are critical.<\/p>\n

As of Friday, the agency said half of the 1,500 intensive care unit beds dedicated to Covid-19 patients are occupied.<\/p>\n

About 47 percent of the 12,100 isolation beds and 52 percent of ward beds are also in use while 71 percent of the 2,100 ventilators remain available.<\/p>\n

The DOH said a total of 1,857,942 individuals have so far been tested in 80 licensed RT-PCR and 27 GeneXpert laboratories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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