Philippines logs record 423 daily COVID deaths

The Philippines recorded an all-time high of 423 daily COVID-19 deaths on Saturday, October 30, surpassing the previous record of 401 set on April 9.

This grim milestone brings the country's total death toll from the coronavirus to 43,044.

The DOH noted that 373 cases previously tagged as recoveries were reclassified as deaths after final validation.

On the same day, the DOH also reported 4,008 new confirmed cases and 6,887 recoveries, bringing the total caseload to 2,783,896 and total recoveries to 2,693,162.

Despite the record-high deaths, active COVID-19 cases have decreased to 47,690, the lowest since July 20.

Of the active cases, 74.4 percent are mild, 5.1 percent are asymptomatic, 2.7 percent are critical, 6.5 percent are severe, and 11.27 percent are moderate.

DOH Secretary Francisco Duque III reminded the public to continue following minimum public health standards.