In an update issued by the Department of Health, Iloilo is included in the top five provinces with newly announced cases. To date, there are 68,794 total active cases – totaling to 139,538 cumulative number of confirmed cases in the country.
- NCR – 1,510
- Cavite – 398
- Laguna – 144
- Iloilo – 135
- Cebu – 119
Here is the latest update from the Department of Health:
As of 4pm today, August 11, 2020, the Department of Health reports the total number of COVID-19 cases at 139,538. A total of 2,987 confirmed cases are reported based on the total tests done by 74 out of 99 current operational labs. DOH likewise announces 280 recoveries. This brings the total number of recoveries to 68,432.
Note: Of the 2,987 reported cases today, 1,374 (46%) occurred within the recent 14 days (July 29-August 11, 2020). The top regions with cases in the recent two weeks were from NCR (614 or 45%), Region 4A (275 or 20%) and Region 6 (156 or 11%).
Of the 19 deaths, 8 (42%) in August, 7 (37%) in July, 1 (5%) in June, and 3 (16%) in April. Deaths were from NCR (7 or 37%), Region 7 (6 or 32%), Region 4A (3 or 16%), Region 6 (1 or 5%), Region 1 (1 or 5%), and Repatriate (1 or 5%).
There were eighty-seven (87) duplicates that were removed from the total case count. Of these, four (4) recovered cases have been removed. Moreover, three (3) cases that were previously reported to have recovered have been validated to have died and were included in the count of new deaths.
These numbers undergo constant cleaning and validation.
