1,902 new coronavirus infections bring PH COVID-19 caseload to 404,713 

MANILA, Philippines — The total number of coronavirus cases in the Philippines jumped to 404,713  after an additional 1,902 infections were logged, the Department of Health (DOH) reported Friday.

The latest data from the DOH also recorded 506 new recoveries and 31 additional deaths, bringing the total to 362,902 and 7,752, respectively.

Of the total number of cases, 34,058 are active cases, of which 83.9 percent are mild, 9.4 percent are asymptomatic, 4.3 percent are critical, 2.3 percent are severe and 0.12 percent are moderate.

There were nine duplicates, of which seven were recovered cases, that were removed from the total case count.

Moreover,  there were also 13 cases previously tagged as recovered were reclassified as deaths.

Inclusion of ‘moderate’ classification

The inclusion of the moderate classification, according to the DOH, was in line with the World Health Organization’s reclassification of severity of symptoms among COVID-19 cases.

A “moderate case” means a child, adolescent or adult patient shows clinical signs of non-severe pneumonia (cough, dyspnea or respiratory rate of 21-30 breaths per minute for adults, and cough or difficulty in breathing and fast breathing or chest indrawing for children), the DOH explained.

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