As of today, there were a total of 1,408 recoveries from COVID-19 in the Philippines

DOH released COVID-19 CASE BULLETIN #52 at 16:00H (4:00PM PST) on May 05, 2020.

As of 4PM today, the Department of Health reports 199 new cases of COVID-19 in the country with the total number of confirmed cases now reaches 9,684. We also have 14 new deaths recorded where the death toll now is at 637.

While our number of cases are surging by the day, the number of patient recoveries also have risen to a total of 1,408 recoveries as 93 new recoveries were reported today.

COVID-19 was declared by World Health Organization (WHO) as a Pandemic on March 03, 2020 which started in Wuhan, China. The disease is caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome – coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2) with a Flu like symptoms such as Fever, Cough, Colds and in more severe cases Difficulty in Breathing.

There are no vaccines or direct cure for the disease at the moment and the only way to protect ourselves from getting infected is to practise proper and frequent handwashing, avoid touching our face, mouth, nose and eyes. Our health experts as well as the government urged everyone to wear a suitable and effective face mask as much as possible and when outside of our homes.