Manila Bulletin
DOH logs 5,867 new COVID-19 cases
The Department of Health (DOH) reported 5,867 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, March 23, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 677,653.
This brings the total number of active cases to 86,200, with 95.4 percent being mild.
The DOH also noted 620 new recoveries, increasing the total recovery count to 578,461.
Unfortunately, 20 new deaths were recorded, bringing the total COVID-19 fatalities to 12,992.
Six duplicates were removed from the total case count, and one of these was a recovery.
Additionally, eight cases previously tagged as recoveries were reclassified as deaths after final validation.
Nine laboratories did not submit their data on Monday, March 22.
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