Philippines logs 37,070 new COVID-19 cases

Updated Mon, January 17, 2022 at 4:10 PM Published Fri, January 14, 2022 at 4:38 PM

The Philippines logged 37,070 new COVID-19 infections on Monday, January 17, 2022.

This brings the total active cases to 290,938, with 33,940 new recoveries also tallied.

The country's total caseload has reached 3,242,374 with 52,929 deaths.

Among the active cases, 277,020 are mild, 2,940 are moderate, 9,187 are asymptomatic, 1,480 are severe, and 304 are critical.

The National Capital Region (NCR) logged the highest number of infections in the past 14 days with 13,061 cases, followed by Calabarzon with 9,048 and Central Luzon with 4,173.

Twenty-three new fatalities were recorded, with the majority occurring in January 2022 due to late encoding.

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