DOH reports 782 new COVID-19 cases, less than 1,000 for 3rd day

Rose Carmelle Lacuata, ABS-CBN News

<p>MANILA — The Philippines on Thursday reported 782 new cases of COVID-19, pushing the country&#x27;s total to 4,006,635 since the pandemic began.</p><p>It is the third straight day that new cases counted fewer than 1,000, said Edson Guido, ABS-CBN&#x27;s Data Analytics head.</p><p>Of the day&#x27;s new infections, 186 were from Metro Manila.</p><p>The number of active cases is at 18,392, the lowest since July 15, Guido said.</p><p>The Department of Health also logged 34 new deaths from the respiratory disease, raising the total to 64,179.</p><p>Recoveries now stood at 3,924,064.</p><p>The positivity rate from Oct. 30 to Nov. 2 is at 10.9 percent, Guido said.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt=" Screen grab from DOH COVID-19 tracker" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/life/11/03/doh-chart.jpg"/><figcaption><em>Screen grab from DOH COVID-19 tracker</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>From Oct. 17 to 23, the Philippines recorded an average of 1,714 daily infections, which is 22 percent lower compared to the previous week.</p><p>That was the lowest number of weekly cases in 15 weeks, or since the week of July 4-10 when the DOH logged 10,133 infections, the ABS-CBN Investigative and Research Group said.</p><p>That was also the ninth straight week with weekly cases below 20,000.</p><p>As of Nov. 2, over 73.5 million people in the country have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, the DOH said.</p><p>Of the figure, over 20.6 million have received their first booster dose.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/31/22/doh-32-areas-under-covid-alert-level-2-from-nov-1-to-15">32 areas under COVID Alert Level 2 from Nov. 1 to 15: health dept</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/28/22/marcos-jr-signs-eo-allowing-voluntary-use-of-face-masks">Marcos Jr. signs EO allowing voluntary use of face masks indoors, outdoors</a></li></ul><div> </div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2320445" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

The Philippines on Thursday reported 782 new cases of COVID-19, pushing the country's total to 4,006,635 since the pandemic began.

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DOH reports 782 new COVID-19 cases, less than 1,000 for 3rd day

DOH reports 782 new COVID-19 cases, less than 1,000 for 3rd day

Rose Carmelle Lacuata,

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Published Nov 03, 2022 07:21 PM PHT

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