PH Covid-19 recoveries near 1.1 million

Another 6,986 patients recovered from the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), pushing the country's recovery tally to 1,089,613.

The Department of Health (DOH) also tallied 4,700 new confirmed Covid-19 cases, bringing the total number of active cases to 49,951.

This is equivalent to a 94-percent recovery rate out of a total of 1,159,071 infections since the health crisis started.

Of the active cases, about 92.8 percent are mild, 2.2 percent are asymptomatic, 2.1 percent are severe, 1.36 are moderate, and 1.5 percent are in critical condition.

The DOH logged 136 new deaths, pushing the death toll to 19,507 or 1.68 percent of total cases.

Data submitted on May 17 showed that 13.8 percent of 30,829 who were tested turned out positive for Covid-19.

Currently, 58 percent of 1,900 intensive care unit beds, 45 percent of 13,500 isolation beds, 48 percent of 6,000 ward beds, and 39 percent of 2,000 ventilators nationwide are utilized by patients with Covid-19.