
Another 2,376 new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were detected nationwide, the Department of Health (DOH) said.
Based on Friday's COVID-19 update, the number of active infections in the country stood at 37,377.
Of these active infections, 69 percent have mild symptoms, 13.94 percent were in moderate condition, 8.2 percent have severe symptoms, 5.4 percent were asymptomatic, and 3.5 percent were in critical condition.
The death toll rose to 44,085 after 260 more people lost their lives due to the viral illness.
However, 2,109 more patients were able to recover, raising the recovery tally to 2,716,524.
Since the start of the pandemic, the Philippines has already confirmed a total of 2,797,986 cases.
“Thirty-two duplicates were removed from the total case count. Of these, 24 are recoveries. Moreover, 219 cases that were previously tagged as recoveries were reclassified as deaths after final validation,” the DOH said.
“All labs were operational on Nov. 3, 2021 while four labs were not able to submit their data to the COVID-19 Document Repository System (CDRS),” it added.