The total number of Covid-19 cases in the country jumped to 1,193,976 after 5,310 additional infections were logged on Wednesday.
There were also 7,408 recoveries and 150 deaths recorded by the Department of Health (DOH).
Of the total number of cases, 3.9 percent (46,037) are active, 94.5 percent (1,127,770) have recovered, and 1.69 percent (20,169) died.
Moreover, 86 cases that were previously tagged as recoveries were reclassified as deaths after final validation.
All laboratories were operational on May 24, 2021, but 4 were not able to submit their data to the Covid-19 Document Repository System.
Based on data in the last 14 days, the four non-reporting labs contribute, on average, 1.1 percent of samples tested and 1.7 percent of positive individuals.
As of May 24, the DOH also recorded 18,533 health-care workers positive for Covid-19.
Of these, 18,324 (98.9 percent) have recovered, 94 (0.5 percent) have died and 115 (0.6 percent) were active cases.
Of these active cases, 62 (53.9 percent) were mild cases, 18 (15.7 percent) were asymptomatic, 19 (16.5 percent) in severe condition, 9 (7.8 percent) in critical condition and 7 (6.1 percent) in moderate condition.
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