(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines reached 979,740 on Friday, April 23, after the Department of Health reported 8719 additional cases. According to the DOH, 28 duplicate cases were removed from the total number of cases. Of the total cases, 102799 were active. Of these, 96.4 percent were mild, 1.3 percent asymptomatic, 0.7 percent critical, 0.9 percent severe, and 0.38 percent were moderate. Recoveries climbed to 860,412 with the addition of 13,812 recoveries. […]