MANILA, Philippines — The public should expect a higher number of reported COVID-19 recoveries as the Department of Health shifts to the daily logging of “time-based” recoveries. In a briefing Wednesday, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the agency is now doing the daily time-based tagging instead of the weekly tagging of COVID-19 recoveries to provide the public with accurate data. The DOH recorded high numbers of COVID-19 recoveries starting Sunday: 72,607 (April 18), 9,266 (April 19), and 21,664 (April 20). Before this, time-based recoveries were announced every Sunday after validation by the department’s regional offices with local government units. (Based on analysis on the effects of [weekly time-based tagging], the numbers appear to be skewed because this is a one-time uploading every seven days.)

Source: Philippine Star April 21, 2021 04:52 UTC