THE Department of Health (DOH) logged only 2,010 new cases today, lower than yesterday’s 2,730, based on the DOH COVID-19 Case Bulletin issued today, February 15, 2022.
This is the lowest number so far this year in terms of new COVID-19 infections recorded in a single day.
The DOH, however, was quick to note that the lower numbers and positivity rate today were generated by laboratories on a Sunday, traditionally the day with the lowest outputs per week.
Overall, the number of COVID-19 infections in the country to 3,641,940 cases.
Active cases continued its slide with only 72,305 cases today from yesterday’s 76,609. Active cases are patients undergoing treatment in government hospitals and temporary quarantine facilities.
Recoveries from COVID-19 today, however, was down slightly to 6,293 cases from yesterday’s 7,456 count, pushing overall COVID-19 recoveries in the country to 3,514,489 cases.
In terms of deaths, a total of 52 died today from COVID-19 to increase the number of total deaths to 55,146 fatalities.
Positivity rate today, meanwhile, went down further to 10.4 percent from yesterday’s 10.7 percent but with only 20,084 people tested.
Also, 93.5 percent of the cases were mild and asymptomatic, the DOH bulletin noted.
A total of 12 duplicates were removed from the total case count, with nine cases counted as recoveries.
Also, 34 cases tagged earlier as recoveries were reclassified as deaths upon final validation.
All laboratories were operational on February 13, 2022, and five laboratories were not able to submit their data to the COVID-19 Document Repository System (CDRS). According to data in the last 14 days, the five laboratories contribute, on average, 0.5 percent of samples tested and 0.4 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.