MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines on Thursday listed 17,411 new COVID-19 infections, pushing its nationwide tally of recorded cases to 2,434,753.
The Department of Health (DOH) said the latest figures bring the country’s active cases to 165,790, of which 92.1 percent are mild, 2.73 percent are moderate, 3.1 percent are asymptomatic, 1.5 percent are severe, and 0.7 percent are in critical condition.
Meanwhile, the total number of recoveries climbed to 2,231,558 after 14,090 more patients recovered from the disease.
The number of patients who succumbed to COVID-19 rose by 177 to a total of 37,405.
Three accredited testing laboratories failed to submit data on time.
The DOH noted a 24.6 percent positivity rate out of 71,010 tests reported on Sept. 21.
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