(FILE) Workers in protective suits, used due to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, wait outside a crematorium facility as the cremation process takes some two hours in Manila on April 29, 2020. (Photo by Maria TAN / AFP)
MANILA, Philippines 鈥� Another 241 patients have died of COVID-19 in the Philippines, the Department of Health (DOH) reported on Saturday.
Data from the DOH said the number of deaths accounts for 1.76 percent of the 1,543,281 total COVID-19 cases in the country.
The total number of deaths due to COVID-19 is now at 27,131.
On Friday, the DOH did not log any death in the COVID-19 case bulletin, citing technical issues in the case reporting system.
The Philippines鈥� active cases are at 54,401, of which 92.4 percent is mild, 1.2 percent is asymptomatic, 1.4 percent is critical, 2.3 percent is severe, and 1.62 percent is moderate.