Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, February 8) — The Department of Health on Tuesday reported 3,574 new COVID-19 cases – the lowest single day rise since the start of the year.
This is the lowest daily count since Dec. 31 of last year, when 2,961 new infections were tallied.
The DOH, however, clarified it has yet to receive data from six testing laboratories, which contributed an average of 2.1% of samples tested and 3% of positive results in the last 14 days.
It also noted that the latest figures are based on laboratory outputs on Feb. 6, a Sunday which traditionally have the lowest outputs per week. The bulletin showed 23,754 tests were reported that day, with a positivity rate of 16.3%.
Of the newly reported infections, the DOH said 87% occurred within the past two weeks. Metro Manila was the top contributing region with 528, followed by Western Visayas with 357, and Central Visayas with 308.
Total cases have now reached 3,619,633, of which 105,550 or 2.9% are active or people currently sick.
Based on the update, 96,722 of the active cases are mild; 4,059 asymptomatic; 3,007 moderate; 1,446 severe; and 316 critical.
The death toll, meanwhile, rose to 54,621 with 83 more fatalities. 53 of the added deaths transpired this February, while 24 were from last month, and the remaining six from late reports spanning the months of June to December 2021.
The department also said recoveries jumped to 3,459,462 after 14,644 more patients survived the disease.
After final validation, the DOH reclassified as deaths 35 cases it mistakenly reported as recoveries. Additionally, it removed 328 duplicate entries from its overall data.
