PH records 261 new COVID-19 cases; active cases now 9,238

The Philippines recorded 261 new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, December 22, 2021, bringing the total active cases down to 9,238.

There were 395 new recoveries, pushing the total recoveries to 2,777,630.

Of the active cases, 3,153 are mild, 507 are asymptomatic, 377 are critical, 1,801 are severe, and 3,400 are moderate.

The National Capital Region (NCR) had the highest number of cases in the past two weeks with 74, followed by Region 4A with 32, and Region 3 with 20.

The death toll reached 50,916 with 122 new deaths.

The DOH noted that some of these deaths were due to late encoding of information.

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