According to The Manila Times, the Philippines has logged 6,895 new cases of and 10,739 recoveries from the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) on April 28, according to the Department of Health (DoH).
The decrease in the number of cases was due to the low output of Covid test results from DoH-accredited laboratories on April 27 as five failed to submit data to the Covid-19 Document Repository System.
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The Manila Times mentions, the new caseload pushed the total to 1.020 million infected individuals, 91.7 percent or 935,695 of whom have recovered while 67,769 remain active.
More than 97 percent of active cases are mild, moderate, and asymptomatic.
The death toll is at 17,031, including 115 fatalities on Wednesday.
Occupancy rate in intensive care units in Metro Manila is back at 71 percent.
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