DOH COVID-19 CASE BULLETIN #192

LOOK: DOH COVID-19 CASE BULLETIN #192

As of 4PM today, September 22, 2020, the Department of Health reports the total number of COVID-19 cases at 291,789, after 1,635 cases newly-confirmed cases were added to the list of COVID-19 patients.

DOH likewise announces 450 recoveries. This brings the total number of recoveries to 230,643.

Note: Of the 1,635 reported cases today, 1,435 (88%) occurred within the recent 14 days (September 9 - September 22, 2020). The top regions with cases in the recent two weeks were NCR (506 or 35%), Region 4A (242 or 17%) and Region 6 (148 or 10%).

Of the 50 deaths, 38 occurred in September (76%), 8 in August (16%) 3 in July (6%) and 1 in April (2%). Deaths were from NCR (20 or 40%), Region 6 (10 or 20%), Region 4A (8 or 16%), Region 3 (4 or 8%), Region 9 (3 or 6%), CAR (2 or 4%), Region 5 (1 or 2%), Region 7 (1 or 2%), and BARMM (1 or 2%).

34 duplicates were removed from the total case count. Of these, 21 were recovered cases.

In addition, 2 recovered cases, found to be negative, were removed from the total case count after final validation.

Moreover, 17 cases previously reported as recovered were reclassified as death (1) and active (16) cases.

9 labs were not able to submit their data to the COVID-19 Data Repository System (CDRS) on September 21, 2020. These labs are: 

1. Bacolod Queen of Mercy Hospital 

2. Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital and Sanitarium (TALA) - GeneXpert Laboratory 

3. Dr. Rafael S. Tumbokon Memorial Hospital 

4. Governor Celestino Gallares Memorial Medical Center

 5. Las Piñas General Hospital and Satellite Trauma Center (GX) 

6. Las Piñas General Hospital and Satellite Trauma Center (RT-PCR) 

7. Taguig City Molecular Laboratory 

8. The Doctors Hospital, Inc. 

9. Valenzuela Hope Molecular Laboratory

These numbers undergo constant cleaning and validation.

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