This file photo shows a worker in a protective suit, used due to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, waits outside the crematorium facility as the cremation process takes some two hours in Manila on April 29, 2020. (Photo by Maria TAN / AFP FILE)
MANILA, Philippines — The total number of COVID-19 deaths in the country is now at 27,224 after 93 more deaths were reported, the Department of Health (DOH) said Sunday.
The total number of deaths accounts for 1.76 percent of all cases.
The total number of COVID-19 cases is now at 1,548,755 after 5,479 were reported on Sunday.
Of the total, 54,262 or 3.5 percent are still tagged as ‘active cases,’ with many having only mild or no symptoms at 94.6 percent.
There were also 5,573 recoveries reported on Sunday to bring the total number of recoveries to 1,467,269 or 94.7 percent of all cases.
“Moreover, 50 cases that were previously tagged as recoveries were reclassified as deaths after final validation,” the DOH noted.
The latest data from the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 tracker reported that the Philippines is only behind Indonesia in terms of COVID-19 cases in Southeast Asia with 3,127,826 cases as the country saw a spike of cases due to the Delta variant.
Indonesia also leads the tally in the region in terms of deaths at 82,013, while the Philippines is at the far second.
As of posting, the COVID-19 global case count is now at 193.7 million including 4.1 million deaths, according to the tracker.