THE Department of Health (DOH) posted lower numbers of new COVID-19 infections with 16,907, which is lower than yesterday’s 18,659 cases, according to the DOH COVID-19 Case Bulletin issued today, September 25, 2021.
This brings the total number of COVID-19 infections in the country to 2,470,235 cases.
However, the number of recoveries posted a very high 27,121 recoveries, almost a three-fold increase from yesterday’s 9,088 to bring the number of total recoveries from COVID-19 to 2,267,720 cases.
Also, the number of active cases slid to 165,110 from yesterday’s high of 175,324 cases. Active cases or patients are those undergoing treatment in government hospitals and temporary quarantine facilities.
Just like yesterday, no deaths were again reported today according to the DOH because of technical issues in COVIDKaya. The agency said that the Department of Information and Communications Technology is currently addressing issues encountered by the system. It said that when the issue is resolved, the succeeding increase in deaths in the following reports will be due to the previous days’ backlogs.
For today, the total number of COVID-19 fatalities still remain at 37,405.
However, positivity rate went down slightly to 23.6 percent from yesterday’s 24.2 percent rate, from 74,606 people who were tested.
Majority, or 94.6 percent of the cases, are mild and asymptomatic.
A total of 60 duplicates were removed from the total case count, of which 41 were recoveries.
All laboratories were operational on September 23, 2021 while four laboratories were not able to submit their data to the COVID-19 Document Repository System (CDRS). Based on data in the last 14 days, the four non-reporting laboratories contributed, on average, 0.7 percent of samples tested and 0.8 percent of positive individuals.
The DOH continues to remind the public to ensure their safety and to strictly observe safety protocols and to have themselves vaccinated as soon as possible. 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.