THE Department of Health (DOH) tallied 18,528 new COVID-19 infections today, making it the second highest single COVID-19 infection per day, slightly lower compared to the new record of 19,441 established yesterday, according to the latest DOH COVID-19 Case Bulletin issued today, August 29, 2021.
With the additional cases today, the total number of COVID-19 infections in the country is now at 1,954,023, a few thousand cases more before it breaches the 2-million mark.
Also, the number of active cases continue to increase with 143,221, a little higher than yesterday’s 142,679 count. Active cases or patients are those undergoing treatment in government hospitals and temporary quarantine facilities.
However, only 101 COVID-19 deaths were registered today, slightly lower than yesterday’s 167 total. This brings the total number of COVID-19 fatalities today to 33,109.
The DOH also logged 17,922 new recoveries from the COVID-19 disease today, lower than the 19,191 recoveries posted yesterday.
Currently, there are now 1,777,693 individuals listed as total recoveries.
Positivity rate was also at another high with 27.9 percent, higher than yesterday’s 27.5 rate, with 66,225 people who were tested.
Majority, or 97.3 percent of the cases, are mild and asymptomatic.
A total of 205 duplicates were removed from the total case count, of which 204 were recoveries.
Also, 38 cases tagged earlier as recoveries were reclassified as deaths upon final validation.
All laboratories were operational on August 27, 2021 while seven 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 seven non-reporting laboratories contribute, on average, 2.7 percent of samples tested and 2.1 percent of positive individuals.
The agency 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.