MANILA, Philippines — Total active COVID-19 cases in the country rose to 51,912 on Thursday as the Department of Health (DOH) reports 6,100 new coronavirus infections.
Thursday’s cases brought the country’s active infections to over 50,000 again. As of Wednesday, there were only 49,951 active cases in the country.
The new cases also pushed the running total of confirmed cases in the country to 1,165,155.
The DOH said active cases represent only 4.5 percent of this figure. Of the active cases, 95.2 percent are mild and asymptomatic.
According to DOH, an additional 4,071 recoveries pushed the number of patients who have survived the disease to 1,093,602, or 93.9 perce…
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