MANILA, Philippines — The country now has less than 50,000 active COVID-19 cases as of Wednesday even as the Department of Health (DOH) reports 4,353 new coronavirus infections.
According to the DOH, the 49,862 active cases represent only 3.6 percent of all the 1,372,232 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country. Of the active cases, 94.6 percent are mild or asymptomatic.
Of the total, 1,298,442 are recoveries, including 7,139 patients who have recently recovered from the disease. Recoveries represent 94.6 of all the cases.
Meanwhile, 119 more people have died of COVID-19, raising the death count to 23,928, or 1.74 percent of the tally.
The DOH said 11…
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