From the total, there are 19,593 currently sick patients, 97.2 percent or 19,053 of whom have mild symptoms, DOH said. About 2.3 percent of 460 people have no symptoms while 61 patients, or 0.3 percent of the total, are severe cases while 19 or 0.1 percent are in critical condition.
The Department of Foreign Affairs also reported 37 new cases among Filipinos in Asia and the Pacific, Europe and the Middle East and 11 new deaths from the Middle East. The total of infected overseas Filipinos in 53 countries is now 6,128, of which 1,117 were verified by the DOH, the DFA said. The death toll is at 483, while the number of recoveries has risen to 2,849 with six new new survivors, it added.
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, June 19) — COVID-19 cases in the country have surpassed 28,000 with the Department of Health announcing 661 new infections.
The agency said the nationwide tally reached 28,459 on Friday, with 460 fresh cases — or those whose results were released within the last three days — and 201 cases part of the validation backlog.
From the fresh cases, there were 277 from Metro Manila and 21 from Central Visayas while the rest of the 162 patients were scattered in different regions. On the other hand, 103 of the cases from the backlog were detected in Central Visayas and 40 in Metro Manila while the remaining 58 were in other areas.
Meanwhile, 14 more have died from the disease, raising the death toll to 1,130 while 288 have recovered. Survivors are now at 7,378, DOH added
