The country’s COVID-19 tally now stands at 1,149,925, of which 54,235 or 4.7% are active cases.
Of the currently ill patients, figures show 93.3% experience mild symptoms, 2% have no symptoms, 1.4% are critical cases, 2% are severe cases, and 1.25% are moderate cases.
The DOH also reported that 6,602 more patients have gotten well, raising the number of recoveries to 1,076,428. This makes up 93.6% of all those infected.
Seventy-two more died, however, bringing the death toll to 19,262, which is 1.68% of the case tally.
The newly confirmed fatalities include 31 previously tagged as recoveries, the DOH noted.
The department also clarified the case update does not yet include five testing laboratories which failed to submit their reports on May 15. Based on data from the past two weeks, the DOH said these five contribute around 0.7% of samples tested and 1.0% of positive individuals.
It added that it removed 17 duplicate entries after final validation, including 11 survivors and one fatality.
Among Filipinos abroad, cases reached 18,618 with 11 more confirmed by the Department of Foreign Affairs. Recoveries rose to 11,374 with five added, while deaths remained at 1,162.
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, May 17) — The Department of Health on Monday reported 5,979 more people nationwide caught the coronavirus, as the overall case count neared the 1.15-million mark.
