Two laboratories were not operational on April 23, while eight laboratories were not able to submit their data, said the DOH.
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 25) — The country’s COVID-19 tally nears one million after 8,162 more people got infected, the Department of Health said on Sunday.
Of the 997,523 cases nationwide, 77,075 or 7.7% are active cases, the report said. It added that 95.5% are mild cases, 1.5% are asymptomatic, 1.0% are critical, 1.2% are severe, and 0.84% are moderate.
Meanwhile, the death toll climbed to 16,783 with 109 more deaths. This is the fifth straight day that the country registered more than 100 deaths. The DOH added that the 52 cases previously tagged as recoveries were reclassified as deaths after final validation.
The country also logged 20,509 more recoveries, bringing the total number of COVID-19 survivors to 903,665. The DOH noted that 19 duplicates were removed from the total case count wherein 13 were recoveries.
On the other hand, the Department of Foreign Affairs reported no new COVID-19 infections among Filipinos abroad. The COVID-19 cases tally in the sector remains at 18,237.
Likewise, no new recoveries and deaths were reported on Sunday among overseas Filipinos. The number of recoveries is still at 11,190 and the death toll remains at 1,126.
