Philippines Covid-19 cases surge past 750,000

MANILA. Workers wearing protective suits sanitize a public market to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus in Marikina City, Philippines during the start of a stricter lockdown in Monday, March 29, 2021. (AP)
MANILA. Workers wearing protective suits sanitize a public market to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus in Marikina City, Philippines during the start of a stricter lockdown in Monday, March 29, 2021. (AP)

THE number of coronavirus infections in the Philippines has continued to increase with almost 9,000 new Covid-19 cases reported Thursday, April 1, bringing the cumulative caseload to more than 750,000.

The Department of Health (DOH), in its latest bulletin, said 8,920 new Covid-19 were recorded Thursday and six more patients have succumbed to the disease.

This brought the total case count to 756,199, with 13,303 fatalities.

The case fatality rate in the country is now at 1.76 percent, said the DOH.

The department also reported 205 recoveries, raising the number of those who have beaten the virus to 603,948 as of 4 p.m. Thursday, April 1.

This also means that 79.9 percent of the Covid-19 patients have been able to recover.

The number of those who remain infected stood at 138,948.

The active cases account for 18.4 percent of the Covid-19 cases in the country, the DOH said.

Of the active cases, 95.9 percent are mild cases, 2.5 percent are asymptomatic, 0.6 percent are severe, 0.6 percent are critical, and 0.36 percent are moderate cases.

The DOH once again appealed to the public to continue to observe physical distancing and wear a face mask and face shield to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. It also asked for people to stay at home, noting that a number of people are going out this Holy Week. (HDT/SunStar Philippines)

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