DOH records highest number of COVID-19 recoveries in a day | Inquirer News

DOH records highest number of COVID-19 recoveries in a day

By: - Reporter / @DYGalvezINQ
/ 04:11 PM May 13, 2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday recorded 145 newly recovered patients from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), a record-high increase posted in a single day, bringing the total of recoveries to 2,251.

The DOH also reported 268 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, raising the total to 11,618.

Article continues after this advertisement

One hundred and sixty-five or 61% of the new cases were located in Metro Manila, while 58 cases or 22% were from Central Visayas.

FEATURED STORIES

The country’s death toll rose to 772 with 21 new fatalities.

The University of the Philippines (UP) COVID-19 response team earlier pointed out several supposed consistencies in the patients’ data — ranging from changes in gender to patients recorded as dead but are actually alive.

Article continues after this advertisement

Health Secretary Francisco Duque III, however, downplayed the supposed inconsistencies, saying that these were too nominal to affect the complete statistics and decision making of the government.

Article continues after this advertisement

“We assure the public that the issues raised are less than one percent, maliit pa sa isang porsyento [smaller than one percent] of the whole data and does not prejudice the overall data and decision making,” the DOH chief said during an online Palace briefing.

Article continues after this advertisement

The errors were supposedly spotted from data recorded from April 24 to April 25, where 45 cases have changed genders, while at least 75 patients became either older or younger.

At least 516, meanwhile, were reclassified to a different city or location while one patient was reported dead only to be among the alive patients the next day.

Article continues after this advertisement

Duque assured that the health department will look into the said errors and will rectify it “as soon as possible.”

All over the world, more than 4.2 million people have so far contracted COVID-19, killing off 291,000, while 1.4 million were able to recover.

JPV
Your subscription could not be saved. Please try again.
Your subscription has been successful.

Subscribe to our daily newsletter

By providing an email address. I agree to the Terms of Use and acknowledge that I have read the Privacy Policy.

For more news about the novel coronavirus click here.
What you need to know about Coronavirus.
For more information on COVID-19, call the DOH Hotline: (02) 86517800 local 1149/1150.

The Inquirer Foundation supports our healthcare frontliners and is still accepting cash donations to be deposited at Banco de Oro (BDO) current account #007960018860 or donate through PayMaya using this link.

TAGS: break, Breaking, Coronavirus, COVID-19, deaths, DoH, Duque, recoveries, SARS-CoV-2

Your subscription could not be saved. Please try again.
Your subscription has been successful.

Subscribe to our newsletter!

By providing an email address. I agree to the Terms of Use and acknowledge that I have read the Privacy Policy.

© Copyright 1997-2024 INQUIRER.net | All Rights Reserved

This is an information message

We use cookies to enhance your experience. By continuing, you agree to our use of cookies. Learn more here.