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PH Covid-19 recoveries reach almost 420K
The Department of Health (DOH) announced 633 new recoveries from COVID-19, bringing the total number of recovered cases to 419,902 nationwide, with a recovery rate of 92.4%.
The DOH also reported 1,470 new cases, increasing the total active cases to 25,695.
Of the active cases, about 84.8 percent are mild, 6.9 percent are asymptomatic, 5.4 percent are severe, 0.30 are moderate, and 5.4 percent are in critical condition.
Quezon City recorded the highest number of new infections, followed by Rizal, the City of Makati, Davao City, and Quezon.
The country's death toll increased by 17 to 8,850.
About 11 duplicates were removed from the total case count, and of these, ten recovered cases and a death have been removed.
Three cases previously tagged as recovered were reclassified as deaths.
The DOH reported that it has a total bed capacity of 21,300 dedicated to COVID-19 patients.
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