The DOH has modified the classification of people on whether they have been afflicted with the COVID-19 to ensure a more “uniformed reporting” of cases across the country. | jovicyeeINQ
As of Saturday, the total confirmed cases in the country rose to 4,428 with an additional 233. The death toll spiked yet again as 26 new fatalities were recorded, bringing the current count to 247. The total number of recovered patients is 157 with the recovery of 17 more.Under the new classification, the DOH will no longer use the labels “patients under investigation ” and “persons under monitoring ” as COVID-19 patients will now be categorized as either suspect, probable or confirmed cases.
A person is considered a suspect COVID-19 case if he suffers from fever, cough or sore throat two weeks after he had come in contact with a confirmed case or had visited a place with local transmission of SARS-CoV-2. The others are Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center in Baguio City; Bicol Public Health Laboratory in Legazpi City, Albay; Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center in Cebu City; Western Visayas Medical Center in Iloilo City; and the Southern Philippines Medical Center in Davao City.When they were still using the previous tags, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the 6,002 PUIs and 6,021 PUMs recorded last week were just cumulative figures.
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