A TOTAL of 3,311 cases newly-confirmed Covid-19 cases were logged by the Department of Health (DOH) on Sunday, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 286,743.
The top regions with cases in the recent two weeks were National Capital Region (NCR) with 1,182 or 43 percent, Region 4A (555 or 20 percent) and Region 6 (299 or 11 percent).
There were 20,021 recoveries; 625 from routine reports and 19,396 were time-based recoveries. This brings the total number of recoveries to 229,865.
A total of 55 deaths were recorded. The cumulative death toll stood at 4,984.
The DOH said that seven laboratories were not able to submit their data to the Covid-19 Data Repository System (CDRS) on September 19, 2020. These are:
1. AFRIMS- Collaborative Molecular Laboratory (VLUNA)
2. Dr. Jorge P. Royeca Hospital
3. Kaiser Medical Center Inc.
4. Oriental Mindoro Provincial Hospital – GeneXpert Laboratory
5. Taguig City Molecular Laboratory
6. University of Perpetual Help System Dalta
7. Valenzuela Hope Molecular Laboratory
Meanwhile, as of September 18, the DOH said that 8,968 healthcare workers were positive for Covid-19. Of these, 8,145 (90.8 percent) have recovered, 58 (0.6 percent) have died and 765 (8.5 percent) were active cases.
Of these active cases, 412 (53.9 percent) were mild cases, 321 (42 percent) were asymptomatic, 21 (2.7 percent) in severe condition and 11 (1.4 percent) in critical condition.
Also, of the 361,110 Returning Overseas Filipinos who have arrived in the country (Land-based: 195,246; Sea-based: 164,673; and Transferees from Sabah 1,191), a total of 8,013 were confirmed Covid-19 patients (Land-based: 4,227, Sea-based: 3,786).
Among these, 837 are currently admitted, 7,054 have already recovered; and 5 have died.
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