PH death ratio higher than Asean average

The Philippines’ death toll from the coronavirus disease might have dropped, but the country’s case fatality rate (CFR) was higher than the fatality average in the Southeast Asian region, the Department of Health (DoH) said on Sunday.

Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the country’s CFR — the ratio of deaths from total number of infection — is around 4 percent, lower than the global average of 5.6 percent. However, it is higher than the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) average of around 3 percent.