The Department of Health (DOH) Beat COVID-19 Philippine Situationer with data as of August 12 recorded 92 new COVID-19 cases in a day among health workers, bringing the total to 5,759.
The DOH also reported 755 active cases among health workers, reporting 85 cases more than yesterday. Of the active cases, 2 are critical, 4 severe, 561 mild and 188 asymptomatic. Only 7 new recoveries were recorded.
A total of 184,685 individuals have tested positive, while the DOH have confirmed 143,749 COVID-19 cases. There is a difference of 40,936 cases that tested positive that the DOH have yet to validate to know whether this number would be included in the confirmed cases. The DOH also reported 10,684 testing backlogs as of August 12.
