MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) reported on Friday an additional 7,733 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the nationwide active infections to 66,626.
According to DOH, active cases compose 6.1 percent of all the 1,087,885 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country recorded since the onset of the pandemic. Of the active cases, 96.3 percent are mild and asymptomatic.
Meanwhile, there are also 4,227 additional patients who have recovered, raising the number of recoveries to 1,003,160, or 92.2 percent of the total case count.
The DOH also reported an additional 108 fatalities, raising the death toll to 18,099, or 1.66 percent of the tally.
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