MANILA, Philippines — An additional 1,438 coronavirus patients for Wednesday brought the total active cases to 26,916, the Department of Health (DOH) COVID-19 bulletin showed.
This brings the total COVID-19 cases in the country to 434,357.
According to DOH, 232 more patients recovered from the disease, for a total of 399,005 recoveries — which comprises 91.9 percent of all cases recorded in the country. However, 18 more deaths push the death toll to 8,436.
Of the active cases, the majority or 84.7 percent experience mild symptoms, 7.1 percent are asymptomatic, 2.7 percent exhibited severe symptoms while 5.2 percent are in critical condition.
The majority of the new ca…
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