MANILA, Philippines — The country’s active COVID-19 case count as of Saturday, July 3 was at 53,665, slightly lower compared to the previous day’s tally due to 7,698 new recoveries.
Figures from the Department of Health (DOH) placed the new COVID-19 infections at 5,908. Active cases account for 3.8 percent of the total confirmed COVID-19 cases recorded, which is now at 1,430,419.
Of this number, 94.5 percent or 1,351,691 were recoveries.
Most of the patients or 91.2 percent of active cases have mild symptoms while 3.8 percent were asymptomatic. At least 2.0 percent of the patients currently have severe symptoms while 1.4 percent are in critical condition.
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