COVID-19 cases down 8% to 1,146 in past week.

MANILA -- The Department of Health said Tuesday that there were 1,146 additional COVID-19 cases reported in the past week.

In a bulletin, the DOH said that an average of 164 cases were recorded daily from October 16 to 22. The agency noted that the average was 8% lower than the previous week's numbers.

Of the additional cases, 22 individuals had severe and critical illnesses.

There were 272 patients in severe and critical conditions, accounting for 8.1% of the total COVID-19 admissions in the country.

The Philippines had 2,970 active cases as of Monday. Over four million Filipinos have recovered from COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic in...