MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health reported an additional 6,258 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, pushing the country’s total active coronavirus cases to 55,531.
The DOH said active infections represent 4.7 percent of all the 1,171,403 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country. Of the active cases, 95.6 percent are mild and asymptomatic.
According to DOH, of the total conformed cases, 1,096,109 cases, or 93.6 percent are recoveries. The DOH reported 2,586 new recoveries on Friday.
Meanwhile, another 141 individuals have died, raising the coronavirus death toll to 19,763 or 1.69 percent of the total count.
On positivity rate, 13 percent of the 44,817 people who …
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