In its health advisory released at 4PM of October 16, 2020, the Department of Health reports the total number of COVID-19 cases at 351,750, after 3,139 newly-confirmed cases were added to the list of COVID-19 patients.
DOH likewise announces 786 recoveries. This brings the total number of recoveries to 294,865.
Of the 3,139 reported cases today, 2,023 (64%) occurred within the recent 14 days (October 3 – October 16, 2020). The top regions with cases in the recent two weeks were NCR (621 or 31%), Region 4A (479 or 24%) and Region 6 (214 or 11%).
Of the 34 deaths, 17 occurred in October (50%), 9 in September (26%) 4 in August (12%) 3 in July (9%) and 1 in May (3%). Deaths were from CARAGA (7 or 21%), Region 6 (5 or 15%), Region 5 (4 or 12%), Region 3 (3 or 9%), Region 7 (3 or 9%), Region 12 (3 or 9%), Region 2 (2 or 6%), Region 4A (2 or 6%), Region 8 (1 or 3%), Region 10 (1 or 3%), Region 4B (1 or 3%), CAR (1 or 3%), and NCR (1 or 3%).
