More than 80 percent of coronavirus patients either exhibit mild symptoms or none at all, the Department of Health says.
The agency said COVID-19 cases in the country reached 5,660, of which 4,237 or 75 percent are mild while 530 others or nine percent are asymptomatic.
The 435 recoveries surpassed the death toll at 362. The fatality rate is at 6.6 percent, which is slightly above the global average of 6.4 percent.
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