MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines on Friday logged 18,659 new COVID-19 cases, pushing the nationwide tally of confirmed cases to 2,453,328 since the pandemic began.
In its latest bulletin, the Department of Health said the new single-day tally brought the number of active cases to 175,324.
Of these cases, 88.1 percent are mild, 2.84 percent are moderate, 6.9 percent are asymptomatic, 1.5 percent are severe, and 0.7 percent are in critical condition.
The DOH said only one accredited testing laboratory failed to submit data on time.
Meanwhile, total recoveries rose to 2,240,599 after 9,088 more patients recuperated from the viral respiratory disease.
The death toll remained at 37,405 as no new fatalities were reported.
The DOH also reported a positivity rate of 24.2 percent out of the 76,624 tests conducted on Sept. 22.
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