MANILA, Philippines — The country officially breached the one million mark of confirmed total COVID-19 cases on Monday, April 26, as the Department of Health (DOH) recorded 8,929 new COVID-19 infections.
However, the country’s active case count has seen a continuous decline, down to 74,623 — lower than almost 2,500 cases since Sunday. This is mainly due to the 11,333 recoveries registered on Monday, which brings the total recoveries to 914,952.
But 70 new deaths also brought the death toll to 16,853.
Most of the patients or 95.4 percent of active cases have still exhibited mild symptoms only, while 1.4 percent were asymptomatic. At least 1.3 percent of the patients currently…
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