DOH's COVID-19 tracker shows 138 new cases | Inquirer News

DOH’s COVID-19 tracker shows 138 new cases

By: - Reporter / @zacariansINQ
/ 08:58 PM April 21, 2022

DOH's COVID-19 tracker shows 138 new cases

FILE PHOTO: Colorized scanning electron micrograph of an apoptotic cell (greenish brown) heavily infected with SARS-COV-2 virus particles (pink), also known as novel coronavirus, isolated from a patient sample. Image captured and color-enhanced at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH/Handout via REUTERS.

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health’s (DOH) COVID-19 tracker on Thursday showed that 138 more people in the country contracted the coronavirus.

This figure was so far the lowest daily case tally by the DOH  this year.

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Despite recording additional infections, the DOH COVID-19 tracker indicated that active cases were still going down with 16,771 on April 21. It stood at 17,863 on Wednesday, April 20.

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On the other hand, the tracker showed that confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country have already reached 3,683,865, including 3,607,038 recoveries and 60,056 deaths, since 2020.

It likewise revealed that on April 20, some 21,761 samples were tested for SARS-CoV-2 which is the virus that causes serious respiratory illness COVID-19.

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On Monday, the DOH’s weekly report said that a total of 1,674 new COVID-19 cases were logged from April 11-17.

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