MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) reported Monday that 57 more COVID-19 patients died of the severe respiratory disease, bringing the country’s death toll to 22,845.
This is the only day after five consecutive days that the COVID-19 daily reported deaths did not exceed 100.
The total number of deaths represents 1.73% of the 1.33 million total confirmed cases in the country, the DOH said in its daily case bulletin.
Of the confirmed cases, 59,096 are active cases, most, or 95.7% of which only have mild or have no symptoms.
The DOH also reported 1,240,112 recoveries, including an additional 7,145 new patients who have recovered from the disease.
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