DOH COVID-19 CASE BULLETIN #222

LOOK: DOH COVID-19 CASE BULLETIN #222

As of 4PM today, October 22, 2020, the Department of Health reports the total number of COVID-19 cases at 363,888, after 1,664 newly-confirmed cases were added to the list of COVID-19 patients.

DOH likewise announces 843 recoveries. This brings the total number of recoveries to 312,333.

Note: Of the 1,664 reported cases today, 1,526 (92%) occurred within the recent 14 days (October 9 - October 22, 2020). The top regions with cases in the recent two weeks were NCR (438 or 29%), Region 4A (235 or 15%) and Region 6 (170 or 11%).

Of the 38 deaths, 25 occurred in October (66%), 9 in September (24%) 1 in August (3%) 1 in July (3%) 1 in June (3%) and 1 in May (3%). Deaths were from NCR (11 or 29%), Region 4A (8 or 21%), Region 11 (7 or 18%), Region 6 (6 or 16%), Region 7 (3 or 8%), Region 12 (2 or 5%), and Region 2 (1 or 3%).

19 duplicates were removed from the total case count. Of these, 5 recovered cases and 2 deaths have been removed.

Moreover, 11 cases previously tagged as recovered were reclassified as deaths.

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

These numbers undergo constant cleaning and validation.

@ DOH-PH.

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