PH records 2,218 new COVID cases, bringing total to 226,400

September 3 ------ The Department of Health reported Wednesday that the country now has more than 226,000 COVID-19 cases after 2,200 new infections were recorded. The latest DoH case bulletin showed that the country now has 226,440 COVID cases, with 2,218 new and 64,207 active cases. Metro Manila registered the highest number of new cases at 1,163, followed by Laguna with 112, Cebu with 107, Iloilo with 82, and Negros Occidental with 81.

“There were 42 duplicates that were removed from the total case count. Of these, 10 recovered cases and one has been removed,” the DoH noted. Twenty-seven more patients were reported to have died, raising the COVID death toll to 3,623. The DoH said 609 new patients have recovered, bringing the number of recoveries to 158,610. “As of Aug. 31, ang ating case doubling time is 10.8 days. This means, it takes 10 days para magdoble ang ating kaso dito sa ating bansa,” said Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire.

“The longer the case doubling time, the slower the spread of the infection or transmission and this is better for us,” she added. Vergeire noted that they saw an improvement in the country’s mortality doubling time. “The mortality doubling time has improved from 0.96 days in March to 8.29 in June, and now, we have 14.67 days,” she said. “Ibig sabihin, it takes about 15 days bago mag doble ang number of new deaths dito sa ating bansa. The higher the number, as we have said, the better,” she noted.

There are now 113 COVID-19 licensed laboratories nationwide that have tested 2,494,931 individuals so far.

Source: mb.com.ph