MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday reported 28 new COVID-19 deaths, raising the country’s death toll to 51,241. The DOH earlier explained that delays in the reporting of COVID-19 deaths are due to the late encoding of death information to the DOH’s COVIDKaya. FEATURED STORIESThe current death toll, meanwhile, still accounts for 1.80 percent of the total 2,839,790 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country. Active infections, on the other hand, have passed the 10,000-mark at 10,418, after the DOH reported its highest number of daily cases since Nov. 27. The same goes for Metro Manila, where occupied ICU beds are currently at 23 percent, isolation beds at 21 percent, ward beds at 17 percent, and 14 percent for ventilators.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 29, 2021 15:47 UTC