DOH logs 3,148 COVID infections from April 17 to 23

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) recorded 3,148 infections of COVID-19 from April 17 to 23, higher than the 2,386 infections recorded the previous week.

According to the DOH’s latest weekly report on Monday, this translates to a daily average of 450, 32 percent higher than the 241 daily average cases recorded from April 10 to 16.

Meanwhile, 14 or 0.45 percent of the recorded infections were tagged as critical or severe, with active critical or severe COVID-19 admissions currently at 345.

Five deaths were also added to the country’s death toll, none recorded in the past two weeks, with all deaths being backlogs reported as early as September 2020.

Recorded infections

Meanwhile, 429 cases were recorded on Monday, based on the DOH’s online COVID-19, which is slightly lower than the daily average from the previous week so far.

Based on the tracker, the country’s total COVID-19 caseload is currently at 4,089,394, as of April 24, with 4,018,614 recoveries and 66,444 deaths.

Active cases, meanwhile, are currently at 4,336.

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