The Department of Health (DOH) Beat COVID-19 Philippine Situationer with data as of August 16 recorded 83 new COVID-19 cases in a day among health workers, bringing the total to 6,089.
The DOH also tagged 549 recoveries in the second batch of ‘mass recovery’ applied on August 16, bringing the total recoveries to 5,615. The Health agency reported 435 active cases among health workers, which was less than 466 the day before.
Deaths remain at 39 since August 2.
A total of 200,504 individuals have tested positive, while the DOH have confirmed 161,253 COVID-19 cases. There is a difference of 39,251 cases that tested positive that the DOH have yet to validate to know whether this number would be included in the confirmed cases.
The Philippines rank first in the number of total cases in the Southeast Asian region, having 21,704 more cases in the country than Indonesia that ranked second.
