THE Department of Health (DOH) reported that new COVID-19 infections today slid further to 17,677 cases compared to yesterday’s 24,938 based on the DOH COVID-19 Case Bulletin issued January 25, 2022.
This has been the lowest daily caseload since January 6, 2022 with 17,220 cases.
This pushed the total number of COVID-19 infections in the country to 3,459,646 cases.
Active cases, on the other hand, went down as well to 247,451 today from yesterday’s 262,997 cases. Active cases are patients undergoing treatment in government hospitals and temporary quarantine facilities.
Recoveries from COVID-19 today, however, dipped slightly to 33,144 cases from yesterday’s high 35,461 count, pushing overall COVID-19 recoveries in the country to 3,158,597 cases.
COVID-19 fatalities also went up again to 79 from yesterday’s 47 to bring the total COVID-19 deaths to 53,598.
Positivity rate today also went down to 37.2 percent from yesterday’s 40.6 percent with 43,874 people tested.
Also, 98.2 percent of the cases were mild and asymptomatic, the DOH bulletin noted.
A total of 87 duplicates were removed from the total case count, with 52 counted as recoveries.
There were also 35 cases tagged earlier as recoveries but were reclassified as deaths upon final validation.
All laboratories were operational on January 23, 2022, but six laboratories were able to submit their data to the COVID-19 Document Repository System (CDRS). According to data in the last 14 days, the six laboratories contribute, on average, 0.6 percent of samples tested and 0.8 percent of positive individuals.
The agency continues to remind the public not to become complacent and continue to be vigilant against the threat of COVID-19 and make it a habit to follow the minimum public health standards and to always wear face masks, and also face shields whenever necessary, maintain physical distancing and washing of hands. The DOH also reiterates that the safety of the country is everyone’s responsibility, and that by helping each other, the country will overcome this COVID-19 pandemic.