PH posts 8,470 new COVID-19 recoveries, 4,393 new cases

The Philippines has recorded 8,470 new recoveries from COVID-19, bringing the total number of recovered cases to 2,669,953.

With 4,393 new infections, the country's active COVID-19 cases have decreased to 53,642.

Of the active cases, 74.8% are mild, 6.7% are asymptomatic, 10.37% are moderate, 5.8% are severe, and 2.4% are critical.

The Department of Health also reported 135 new deaths, increasing the total death toll to 42,077.

A positivity rate of about 10.3% was observed among those tested on October 22.

The DOH noted that 23 duplicates were removed from the total case count, and 154 recoveries were reclassified as deaths after validation.

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