FOR the fourth straight day, more than 11,000 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases were reported by the Department of Health while the number of deaths breached the 15,000 mark with 204 more fatalities.
In its latest bulletin, the DOH said the total number of infections in the country rose to 876,225 counting the 11,378 new cases that went with the 12,225 cases last Friday, 12,674 last Saturday, and 11,681 last Sunday.
The death toll stands at 15,149 counting the 401 fatalities reported last Friday, 225 last Saturday, and 201 last Sunday. The case fatality rate stood at 1.73 percent.
There were 267 new recoveries, raising the number of survivors to 703,625 but there were 157,451 active cases, of which 97 percent are mild cases, 1.7 percent asymptomatic cases, 0.6 percent severe cases, 0.5 percent critical cases, and 0.32 percent moderate cases.
Thirteen more overseas Filipinos have been infected with the deadly virus, bringing the total number to 17,112 in 91 countries, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs.
The DFA also reported three new recoveries, raising the number of survivors to 10,125, while the death toll stood at 1,083 with no new fatality reported.
Meanwhile, former president Joseph “Erap” Estrada is “slowly recovering” from his bout with the deadly virus and is now on a soup diet, according to his son, former senator Jinggoy Estrada.
The younger Estrada said his father is still at the intensive care unit of the Cardinal Santor Memorial Medical Center in San Juan, adding his condition has greatly improved since he was removed from ventilator support last Saturday.
“He is slowly recovering. He is still under observation at ngayon ay nag-uumpisa na siya ng mga bed exercises as prescribed by doctors and he is on soup diet,” Jinggoy said on CNN Philippines.
He said the exercises will help his father recover faster.
Jinggoy added that his 83-year-old father even belted a song that was captured on video by one of his attending nurses.
Estrada was rushed to the hospital last March 28 after complaining of body weakness.
He later tested positive for the COVID-19 virus and was confined. He was then on mechanical ventilation on April 7 after his pneumonia worsened. — With Ashzel Hachero
