DOH COVID-19 CASE BULLETIN #188

DOH COVID-19 CASE BULLETIN #188

As of 4PM today, September 18, 2020, the Department of Health reports the total number of COVID-19 cases at 279,526, after 3,257 newly-confirmed cases were added to the list of COVID-19 patients.

DOH likewise announces 733 recoveries. This brings the total number of recoveries to 208,790.

Note: Of the 3,257 reported cases today, 2,628 (81%) occurred within the recent 14 days (September 5 - September 18, 2020). The top regions with cases in the recent two weeks were NCR (815 or 31%), Region 4A (494 or 19%), and Region 6 (241 or 9%).

Of the 47 deaths, 18 occurred in September (38%), 13 in August (28%), 13 in July (28%), 1 in June (2%) and 2 in May (4%). Deaths were from NCR (23 or 49%), Region 4A (11 or 23%), Region 7 (4 or 9%), Region 10 (3 or 6%), Region 1 (1 or 2%), Region 3 (1 or 2%), Region 5 (1 or 2%), Region 6 (1 or 2%), Region 9 (1 or 2%), and Region 11 (1 or 2%).

There were 20 duplicates that were removed from the total case count. Of these, 15 recovered cases and 1 death have been removed.

Moreover, there were twenty-four (24) cases that were previously reported as recovered but after final validation, they were deaths (14) and active cases (10). There was also one (1) case that was previously reported as a death but has been validated as recovered.

20 labs were not able to submit their data to the COVID-19 Document Repository System (CDRS) on September 17, 2020. These labs are:

1. AL Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory

2. Bohol Containerized PCR Laboratory

3. Cagayan de oro Polymedic Medical Plaza

4. Davao One World Diagnostic Center Incorporated

5. Divine World Hospital

6. Dr. Jorge P. Royeca Hospital

7. Dr. Rafael S. Tumbokon Memorial Hospital

8. Eastern Visayas Regional Medical Center

9. Ilocos Training Regional Medical Center

10. Lanao del Norte Covid-19 Testing Laboratory

11. Kaiser Medical Center Inc.

12. Las Piñas General Hospital and Satellite Trauma Center

13. Las Piñas General Hospital and Satellite Trauma Center

14. Makati Medical Center

15. Qualimed Hospital - San Jose del Monte

16. Safeguard DNA Diagnostics

17. Taguig City Molecular Laboratory

18. Teresita Jalandoni Provincial Hospital

19. UP-PGH

20. Valenzuela Hope Molecular Laboratory

These numbers undergo constant cleaning and validation.

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