E. Visayas records high recovery rate, drop in new Covid-19 cases

Eastern Visayas has recorded a significant drop in Covid-19 cases over the past two weeks.

As of Thursday, December 10, there were 8,663 recoveries out of 9,185 total confirmed cases, representing a recovery rate of 94.32 percent.

The region's daily average for new coronavirus cases has dropped by almost 50 percent from 65 to 30 new cases per day over the past two weeks.

Active cases now stand at below 500, with only 422 patients or 4.59 percent of total confirmed cases being active.

The DOH emphasizes that 98.8 percent of infected patients have been either asymptomatic or had mild symptoms.