THE Department of Health (DOH) logged 4,575 new cases today, slightly up from yesterday’s 3,651 based on the DOH COVID-19 Case Bulletin issued today, February 10, 2022.
Overall, the number of COVID-19 infections in the country to 3,627,575 cases.
Active cases continued its slide with only 93,307 cases today from yesterday’s 96,326. Active cases are patients undergoing treatment in government hospitals and temporary quarantine facilities.
Recoveries from COVID-19 today, however, remained low with only 7,504 cases compared to yesterday’s 12,834 count, pushing overall COVID-19 recoveries in the country to 3,479,485 cases.
Meanwhile, COVID-19 fatalities today went up slightly to 94 from yesterday’s 69 to put total COVID-19 deaths to a 54,783 total.
Positivity rate today, meanwhile, went down to 15.1 percent from yesterday’s 16.5 percent with 36,407 people tested.
Also, 94.9 percent of the cases were mild and asymptomatic, the DOH bulletin noted.
A total of 176 duplicates were removed from the total case count, with 132 counted as recoveries while one is a death.
There were also 47 cases tagged earlier as recoveries but were reclassified as deaths upon final validation.
All laboratories were operational on February 8, 2022, but 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 fivee laboratories contribute, on average, 0.8 percent of samples tested and 1.2 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.