1,438 new COVID-19 infections bring active cases to 26,916; total at 434,357

MANILA, Philippines — An additional 1,438 coronavirus patients for Wednesday brought the total active cases to 26,916, the Department of Health (DOH) COVID-19 bulletin showed.

This brings the total COVID-19 cases in the country to 434,357.

According to DOH, 232 more patients recovered from the disease, for a total of 399,005 recoveries — which comprises 91.9 percent of all cases recorded in the country.  However, 18 more deaths push the death toll to 8,436.

Of the active cases, the majority or 84.7 percent experience mild symptoms, 7.1 percent are asymptomatic, 2.7 percent exhibited severe symptoms while 5.2 percent are in critical condition.

The majority of the new cases stemmed from Davao City with 142, followed by Laguna (89), Quezon City (80), Manila (63), and Pampanga (58).

At least 953 of the new cases came from tests conducted on Tuesday, December 1 — which comprises 4.2 percent of the total 22,538 tests done for that day.

DOH said that they have removed six duplicate entries from the total case count, of which three are recovered cases.  They also reclassified six cases originally registered as recoveries, to deaths.

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