The Philippines has surpassed 1.12 million recoveries from COVID-19, with the Department of Health (DOH) reporting 1,127,770 recoveries as of May 26, 2021.
This brings the recovery rate to 94.5% of the cumulative 1,193,976 total cases.
New infections reported on May 26 were 5,310, reducing the active cases to 46,037.
Of the active cases, the majority remain mild at 92.5%.
The country recorded 150 new deaths, bringing the total death toll to 20,169.
On May 24, the positivity rate was 13.5% among 36,630 individuals tested.
The DOH noted that some recovered cases were reclassified as deaths after final validation, and duplicates were removed from the total case count.
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