MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) reported 4,487 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, bringing the total active cases in the country to 52,291.
The latest data from the DOH showed that the country has so far confirmed a total of 1,154,388 COVID-19 cases since the first infection in January last year.
Active cases represent 4.5 percent of this number. Of the active cases, 95.2 percent are mild and asymptomatic.
The DOH said it recorded an additional 6,383 new recoveries, raising the number of patients who have recovered from the disease to 1,082,725, or 93.8 percent of the total case count.
Meanwhile, another 110 patients have died, pushing the death toll to 19,…
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