PH surpasses 2 million COVID-19 cases

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The Philippines has marked another grim milestone in its fight against the COVID-19 as confirmed cases already exceeded two million on Wednesday, Sept. 1.

The country has recorded 2,003,955 COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began last year, based on the latest case update of the Department of Health . The DOH recorded 14,216 new cases on Wednesday.

Seven percent or 140,949 of the total case count are active cases or those who are still receiving medical treatment. Of these cases, 96.1 percent have mild symptoms, 1.1 percent are asymptomatic, 0.6 percent are critical, 1.2 percent are severe, and 1.03 percent are in moderate condition. The latest case bulletin also showed that currently, 73 percent of the intensive care unit beds dedicated for COVID-19 patients nationwide are occupied while 66 percent of the hospital isolation beds are being used.

“Expected naman na tataas ito kasi we know na yung R-naught of Delta variant is five to eight which make it two to three times more contagious than the original virus,” he said during the Malacanang press briefing on Wednesday.

 

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Bullshit reporting. How many recoveries?

We should be counting the recoveries as well as the mild infections. We should look at the bright side instead of alarming us. In any case, we have a population of 109million plus. The 2million plus infection cases is what % of our total population?

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