COVID-19 hits 158 more in PH – DOH tracker | Inquirer News

COVID-19 hits 158 more in PH – DOH tracker

By: - Reporter / @zacariansINQ
/ 08:32 PM April 19, 2022

COVID-19 hits 158 more in PH – DOH tracker

A test tube with a Coronavirus label is seen in this illustration taken on January 29, 2020. | PHOTO: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic

MANILA, Philippines — An additional 158 new coronavirus infections were recorded by the Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday, its COVID-19 tracker showed.

This is the lowest number of new COVID-19 cases that the DOH logged for a day this year.

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The DOH coronavirus tracker also showed that active COVID-19 infections decreased further to 18,815 from Monday’s 19,923 while the total number of confirmed cases reached 3,683,637 nationwide – including 3,604,570 recoveries and 59,982 deaths – as of April 19.

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A total of 20,633 samples were also tested for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes serious respiratory illness COVID-19, on April 18, according to the DOH.

Based on the latest weekly report of the DOH, an average of 239 new cases per day or a total of 1,674 fresh infections were registered from April 11-17.

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