Active cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in Negros Occidental have decreased by 93.23 percent within February, based on the series of data released by the Provincial Incident Management Team (PIMT) on Tuesday. Figures showed that on February 28, cases were down to only 233, from a high of 3,445 on February 1. On February 7, active cases still rose to 3,455, but significantly decreased to 2,089 by February 14 and further dropped to 947 by February 21. The latest PIMT report on Monday night showed the province only has seven new cases. “Our numbers now are really going down
The Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday recorded 1,067 new cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) and 1,652 more recoveries. Of 51,592 active cases, 46,609 are mild, 2,779 are moderate, 489 are asymptomatic, 1,417 are severe, and 298 are critical. The figures pushed the overall tally of confirmed infections to 3,663,059 and recovered cases to 3,555,016. Tuesday’s cases mark a slight uptick from Monday’s 951 new infections, the lowest number of daily cases so far this year. “Of the 1,067 reported cases today, 652 (61 percent) occurred within the recent 14 days, February 16 to March 1, 2022,” the
The reporting of new coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases will be done weekly starting March 7 and will focus on the severe and critical cases, a health official said Tuesday. This was after the National Capital Region and 38 other areas shifted to the most relaxed Alert Level 1 from March 1 to 15. In a Palace briefing, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the weekly case bulletins would be released every Monday at 4 p.m. and additional timely updates would be provided when necessary. “As to the case numbers, if it’s mild, we treat it like it’s part of
The Philippine National Police (PNP) announced that it has integrated all cadets of the PNP Academy to its payroll management system (PMS) through its online payroll portal. PNP chief Gen. Dionardo Carlos, in a statement Tuesday, said this was made possible through the PNP Finance Service. “As PNPA undergoes a five-year transition towards complete PNP administrative and operational jurisdiction, the PNP under his watch shall embrace reforms and innovation to ensure seamless transition with minimal intervention on the management, operation, curriculum development, training and other activities in the Academy,” he added. Carlos said the integration of the PNPA cadets to
Crimes here dropped by about 14.11% during the past two months, the police said Tuesday. Col. Paul Bometivo, acting city police director, said the recorded crimes from January 1 to February 28 in the city’s 26 barangays decreased to 426 from 496 during the same period last year. He said theft cases still topped the list but dropped during the period along with murder, rape, and physical injury. The official said such a situation was mainly due to the movement restrictions of the city government following continuous threats posed by coronavirus disease 2019. The city was placed under Alert Level
Police authorities in Maguindanao on Tuesday warned the public against the possible proliferation of counterfeit bills this election season. The warning was aired by Police Maj. Dareen Tolosa, town police chief of Upi, Maguindanao, following the arrest of a woman who used the counterfeit money in the town’s public market on Monday afternoon. Tolosa said a certain Momena Datuwata Piang was arrested after vendors complained of receiving fake money from her in payment of goods and services. Police found PHP7,000 worth of fake money from the suspect whose two companions managed to elude arrest. Piang, of Datu Salibo, Maguindanao, has
