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PH logs 382 average daily new cases in past week

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 04 04:10 PM

The Philippines logged an average of 382 daily fresh COVID-19 cases in the past 7 days, according to Department of Health data released Monday. Read more »

PH logs less than 400 daily COVID-19 cases in past week

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 28 09:08 PM

The Philippines tallied an average of 389 daily fresh COVID-19 cases in the past 7 days, the Department of Health said Monday. Read more »

PH logs 805 severe, critical COVID-19 cases: DOH

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 21 06:53 PM

The Philippines' health department said Monday that 805 or 12.3 percent of COVID-19 patients in hospitals are in severe and critical condition. Read more »

Shanghai pushes ahead with mass COVID tests as new cases spike

David Stanway, Reuters
Updated as of Mar 18 03:40 PM

The Chinese commercial hub of Shanghai is pushing ahead with a mass testing initiative as it tries to curb a new spike in COVID-19 infections. Read more »

1,006 severely, critically ill COVID patients in hospitals

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 14 05:00 PM

The Philippines' health department said Monday that 1,006 or 14.3 percent of COVID-19 patients in hospitals were in severe and critical condition. Read more »

As virus cases surge, can China's zero-COVID strategy hold?

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 14 02:43 PM

China, the country where the coronavirus was first detected in 2019, is among the last remaining devotees to a zero-COVID approach to the pandemic. Read more »

COVID may mutate after antibody treatment: study

Nancy Lapid, Reuters
Posted at Mar 14 10:44 AM

COVID-19 patients who receive one of the few antibody treatments that works against the Omicron variant must be carefully monitored because after the drug is infused, the virus may mutate and become resistant to it, researchers warned after seeing such cases with Delta variant patients. Read more »

Alert Level 0? Banta ng 'deltacron' dapat munang tutukan: eksperto

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 12 07:28 PM

Iginiit ng health experts na hindi pa rin dapat maging kumpiyansa dahil sa ulat umano ng pinagsamang delta at omicron variant. Read more »

COVID-19 claims over 6 million lives worldwide: tally

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 09 11:40 AM

Over six million people have died worldwide from Covid-19 since the pandemic began, according to a tally from official sources compiled by Agence France-Presse on Tuesday. Read more »

PH sees no rise in COVID-19 cases after curbs eased

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 09 09:57 AM

The Department of Health has yet to see an increase in COVID-19 cases nearly 2 weeks after Metro Manila and 38 other areas were deescalated to the lowest alert level, its spokesperson said Wednesday. Read more »

Omicron infections contagious for at least 6 days: study

Nancy Lapid, Reuters
Posted at Mar 08 03:10 PM

Patients infected with the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 remain contagious for just as long as patients infected with earlier variants, according to a small study. Read more »

1,055 severely, critically ill COVID patients confined in hospitals

Rose Carmelle Lacuata, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 07 06:21 PM

The Philippines' health department said Monday that 1,055 or 16.1 percent of COVID-19 patients seeking treatment currently in hospitals are severe and critical cases. Read more »

PH confirms 870 new COVID cases; death toll breaches 57k

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 06 04:14 PM

The Philippines confirmed 870 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing the country’s total to 3,667,542. Read more »

HK now has world’s highest COVID death rate, data show

Lilian Cheng and Elizabeth Cheung, South China Morning Post
Posted at Mar 05 10:51 AM

Our World in Data says the 7-day rolling average of COVID deaths per 1 million people in Hong Kong was 17.8, topping the global chart as of Thursday. Read more »

Almost a third of people report lingering symptom 6-12 months after COVID-19 - study

Jennifer Rigby, Reuters
Posted at Mar 05 04:26 AM

New diagnoses of anxiety and depression were also more common among those with a history of SARS-CoV-2 infection, the study showed. Read more »

PH records lowest number of COVID cases for 2022

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 04 04:55 PM

The Philippines on Friday recorded 853 more COVID-19 cases, the lowest daily tally so far this year, data from the health department showed. Read more »

COVID-19 cases fall below 1,000 for 2nd straight day

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 03 04:48 PM

The Philippines on Thursday announced 989 new COVID-19 cases, data from the health department showed. Read more »

PH logs 866 new COVID-19 cases, lowest so far this year

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 02 04:47 PM

The Philippines on Wednesday logged 866 new COVID-19 cases, the lowest so far this year, data from the health department showed. Read more »

PH posts 1,067 more COVID cases, 4.3pct positivity rate

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 01 06:38 PM

The Philippines on Tuesday reported a 4.3 percent positivity rate, the lowest so far this year, data from the health department showed. Read more »

Daily COVID cases fall below 1,000 for first time this year

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 28 05:02 PM

The Philippines on Monday announced 951 new COVID-19 cases, the first time this year the tally fell below 1,000, the DOH said. Read more »