4,963 New COVID-19 Positive Cases in Phl Today, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2020

DOH COVID-19 CASE BULLETIN #140

As of 4PM today, August 01, 2020, the Department of Health reports the total number of COVID-19 cases at 98,232.
A total of 4,963 confirmed cases are reported based on the total tests done by 74 out of 94 current operational labs.
DOH likewise announces 93 recoveries. This brings the total number of recoveries to 65,265.

Note:
Of the 4,963 additional cases reported today, 4,841 (98%) occurred in July and 3,981 (80%) cases occurred within the recent 14 days (July 19 to August 1). The top regions with cases within the recent 14 days were NCR (2,087 or 52%), Region 4A (959 or 24%) and Region 7 (223 or 6%).

Of the 17 deaths, 13 (76%) in July and 4 (24%) in June. Deaths were from NCR (5 or 29%), Region 4A (5 or 29%), Region 7 (4 or 24%), Region 1 (2 or 12%), and Region 9 (1 or 6%).

There were eighty-five (85) duplicates that were removed from the total case count. Of these, six (6) recovered cases and one (1) death have been removed.
These numbers undergo constant cleaning and validation.