This file photo shows funeral home workers in protective suits carrying a body during the start of a lockdown due to a rise in COVID cases in the city of Navotas, Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
MANILA, Philippines — The number of people who died due to COVID-19 in the country has moved closer to the 20,000 mark on Saturday with 183 new deaths being reported by the Department of Health (DOH).
According to DOH’s COVID-19 bulletin, the death toll is currently at 19,946, or 1.69 percent of the 1.178 million cases recorded in the country.
From May 15 up to Saturday, May 22, the country has recorded 1,010 deaths or around 126 deaths per day.
This is higher than the previous seven-day rolling average, which was at 118 deaths per day.
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On Saturday, the DOH recorded 6,831 new COVID-19 infections and 7,981 recoveries.
Most of the patients or 93.6 percent of the active cases have mild symptoms. Meanwhile, 1.9 percent are asymptomatic. At least 1.9 percent of the recorded COVID-19 patients have severe symptoms while 1.4 percent are in critical condition.