DOH: PH posts 16,313 new COVID-19 cases, 9,659 recoveries

An additional 9,659 patients have recovered from COVID-19, bringing the country's total recoveries to 1,734,551.

This accounts for 91.3 percent of the total 1,899,200 infections recorded since the pandemic began.

The Department of Health (DOH) also reported 16,313 new cases and 236 new deaths, increasing the active cases to 131,921 and the death toll to 32,728.

Of the active cases, 96.1 percent are mild, 1.1 percent are asymptomatic, 1.2 percent are severe, 1.03 percent are moderate, and 0.6 percent are in critical condition.

The DOH stated that 201 duplicates were removed from the total case count, with 201 of these reclassified as recoveries, and 125 cases previously tagged as recoveries were reclassified as deaths.

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