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| Of the total number of infected people, 185,706 are still battling the disease |
The Philippines posted
26,303 new Covid-19 infections on Saturday, the highest daily tally ever
recorded since the first coronavirus case was first detected in the country in
January 2020.
The new all-time high figure beats the 22,820 cases
recorded just two days ago.
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According to the
Department of Health, the new infections raised the country’s overall tally to
2,206,021 cases, of which 8.4%, or 185,706 patients are still battling the
disease.
Of the active cases, 85.3%
have mild symptoms, 10.2% are asymptomatic, 2.56% are moderately ill, 1.3% are
in severe condition, and 0.6% are critical.
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An additional 79 patients succumbed to the disease, raising the death toll to 34,978 or 1.59% of all the cases logged so far.
The number of
recoveries went up to 1,985,337 or 90% of all cases, after 16,013 patients were
reported to have recovered.
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The total excludes
data from two laboratories that failed to submit their reports on time, says
the DOH. These laboratories accounted for about 0.8% of tested samples and 1.1%
of positive cases in the last 14 days.
The positivity rate -
or percentage of tested people with positive results - dropped from 28.8% on
Sept 8 to 27.6% on Sept. 9, based on 75,688 tests reported.
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The rate remains way
higher than the prescribed critical level of 20%, which indicates more testing
are urgently needed.
The World Health
Organization says infection in an area can be deemed to have been controlled if
the positivity rate is below 5%.
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Meanwhile, the price
of Covid testing, which is already out of reach of the country’s poor, could
become even more costly after President Rodrigo Duterte threatened to end all
government transactions with the Philippine Red Cross, which provides the
cheapest testing service.
President Duterte is
insisting on a government audit of the Red Cross, which enjoys charitable
organization status.
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His
threat comes as Red Cross chair, Senator Dick Gordon, leads an investigation
into the government’s massive spending on pandemic supplies, a deal brokered by
one of Duterte’s close advisers.
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| Metro Manila mayors want clear guidelines on imposing granular lockdowns |
Meanwhile, Metro Manila mayors have called on the national government to include them when deciding on the shift in the country’s pandemic response, noting that the unclear guidelines on so-called “granular lockdowns” have led to confusion.
On
Tuesday, the national government suspended the implementation of granular
lockdowns in specified areas across the national capital region, and instead
extended the modified enhanced community quarantine until Sept 15.
The national task force against Covid-19 said the suspension was due to unfinished guidelines.
The mayors said there should be a framework under which they are allowed to impose the sectional lockdowns before such an intricate policy is implemented.
They also shirk at having to shoulder in full the costs needed for mass testing and quarantine, and contact tracing.
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