DOH revises manner of reporting COVID-19 cases to prevent confusion
Published May 29, 2020 12:00 am
By Analou De Vera
The Department of Health (DOH) on Friday announced that it will revise its manner of reporting the number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in order to prevent confusion, after it reported the highest spike in a single day last Thursday (May 28), at 539.
Health Assistant Secretary Maria Rosario Vergeire (PNA/MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)
"Kung noon ang pinapakita namin ay simpleng bilang lang ng mga nava-validate na kaso ng epidemiology bureau, simula ngayon hahatiin na ang mga numero upang ipakita kung ilan ang fresh or newly validated case kada araw at ihihiwalay ang late or nagmula sa delayed reporting (If before, we presented the the simple numbers of cases validated by the epidemiology bureau, this time, we will divide the numbers to show the ‘fresh’ or newly validated cases each day and we will separate the late numbers, or those that arose out of delayed reporting)," Health Undersecretary Dr. Maria Rosario Vergeire said in a press briefing.
The change in the manner of case reporting comes after concerns were raised about the spike in the number of cases last Thursday, as Metro Manila is gearing towards the general community quarantine starting June 1.
The Health official clarified that of the 539 cases reported, 109 were considered "fresh cases."
"Ang fresh cases ay mga kasong kakalabas lamang ng laboratory results sa loob ng 3 araw na nakalipas (Fresh cases are those whose laboratory results were released over the past three days)," Vergeire said.
The remaining 430 were "late cases" whose test results were released last week.
"Pero dahil kahapon lamang na-submit ang laboratory results nila, kahapon lamang na-validate ng epidemiology bureau ng DOH (But because their laboratory results were submitted only yesterday, the DOH epidemiology validated it only yesterday]," Vergeire said.
"Ang validation process ay nagsisiguro na wala tayong magagawang double counting (The validation processes ensures that we don't do double counting),” she said.
The 17 reported deaths did not all fall on Thursday, as some of them died either last March or April, Vergeire said.
"Ang aming reporting ay nakasalalay kung gaano kaaga isa-submit ng hospital or local government units ang data dito sa DOH. Within the day, pagdating ng datos sa atin, agad natin itong vina-validate (Our reporting is based on how early the hospitals or local government units submit data to the DOH. Within the day, when the data comes in, we validate it immediately)," she said.
Health Assistant Secretary Maria Rosario Vergeire (PNA/MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)
"Kung noon ang pinapakita namin ay simpleng bilang lang ng mga nava-validate na kaso ng epidemiology bureau, simula ngayon hahatiin na ang mga numero upang ipakita kung ilan ang fresh or newly validated case kada araw at ihihiwalay ang late or nagmula sa delayed reporting (If before, we presented the the simple numbers of cases validated by the epidemiology bureau, this time, we will divide the numbers to show the ‘fresh’ or newly validated cases each day and we will separate the late numbers, or those that arose out of delayed reporting)," Health Undersecretary Dr. Maria Rosario Vergeire said in a press briefing.
The change in the manner of case reporting comes after concerns were raised about the spike in the number of cases last Thursday, as Metro Manila is gearing towards the general community quarantine starting June 1.
The Health official clarified that of the 539 cases reported, 109 were considered "fresh cases."
"Ang fresh cases ay mga kasong kakalabas lamang ng laboratory results sa loob ng 3 araw na nakalipas (Fresh cases are those whose laboratory results were released over the past three days)," Vergeire said.
The remaining 430 were "late cases" whose test results were released last week.
"Pero dahil kahapon lamang na-submit ang laboratory results nila, kahapon lamang na-validate ng epidemiology bureau ng DOH (But because their laboratory results were submitted only yesterday, the DOH epidemiology validated it only yesterday]," Vergeire said.
"Ang validation process ay nagsisiguro na wala tayong magagawang double counting (The validation processes ensures that we don't do double counting),” she said.
The 17 reported deaths did not all fall on Thursday, as some of them died either last March or April, Vergeire said.
"Ang aming reporting ay nakasalalay kung gaano kaaga isa-submit ng hospital or local government units ang data dito sa DOH. Within the day, pagdating ng datos sa atin, agad natin itong vina-validate (Our reporting is based on how early the hospitals or local government units submit data to the DOH. Within the day, when the data comes in, we validate it immediately)," she said.