THE Department of Health (DOH) logged a total of 18,659 new COVID-19 infections today, slightly higher than yesterday’s 17,411 cases, according to the DOH COVID-19 Case Bulletin issued today, September 24, 2021.
This brings the total number of COVID-19 infections in the country to 2,453,328 cases.
The number of recoveries recorded today dropped to 9,088 recoveries, substantially lower than yesterday’s 14,090 to bring the number of total recoveries from COVID-19 to 2,240,599 cases.
Also, the number of active cases bounced back up to 175,324 cases from yesterday’s 165,790. Active cases or patients are those undergoing treatment in government hospitals and temporary quarantine facilities.
No deaths were 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. This means the total number of COVID-19 fatalities will remain at 37,405.
However, positivity rate went down slightly to 24.2 percent from yesterday’s 24.6 percent rate, from 76,624 people who were tested.
Majority, or 95.0 percent of the cases, are mild and asymptomatic.
A total of 84 duplicates were removed from the total case count, of which 47 were recoveries.
All laboratories were operational on September 22, 2021 while one laboratory was not able to submit its data to the COVID-19 Document Repository System (CDRS). Based on data in the last 14 days, the one non-reporting laboratory contributed, on average, 0.3 percent of samples tested and 0.3 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.