MANILA, Philippines — The country’s active COVID-19 case count went up to 44,470 as of Wednesday after the Department of Health (DOH) reported 2,886 new infections.
DOH’s COVID-19 bulletin showed that the total case count is now at 603,308, of which 546,293 are recovered patients, and 221 of them are new recoveries.
However, the current death toll went up to 12,545 with 17 new deaths recorded.
Most of the patients or 91.7 percent of active cases only experienced mild symptoms, while 4.0 percent were asymptomatic. But DOH data also showed that 1.7 percent of the patients currently have severe symptoms while another 1.7 percent are in critical condition.
DOH also said that 3,…
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