Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 8) — Health authorities reported that eleven new patients recovered from COVID-19 in Quezon City, bringing the total number of recoveries to 26.
The city also recorded 42 new cases of the viral disease Tuesday, raising the total number of confirmed cases to 625, including 34 casualties.
The total number of validated cases by the QC Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit and District Health Offices is 550, while the total number of confirmed cases with complete addresses in the city is now at 563.
The Health Department reported 104 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday, bringing the total number to 3,764. Meanwhile, the country now has 84 recoveries.
Worldwide, COVID-19 has killed more than 70,000 people, mostly in Italy, although the outbreak began in Wuhan, China in December 2019. More than 1.3 million people have been infected, according to the Johns Hopkins University’s COVID-19 global tracker.
Eight in ten, or around 80 percent, of infected patients experience “mild illness” and eventually recover from COVID-19, according to the World Health Organization. Some 15 percent experience severe illness while five percent were critically ill, the WHO said.
