EVEN if the Department of Health (DOH) tallied 20,019 new COVID-19 infections today, this is also the second day that more than 20k recoveries were recorded.
Today’s new daily COVID-19 infections were a little lower than yesterday’s count of 20,741, according to the latest DOH COVID-19 Case Bulletin issued today, September 5, 2021, while recoveries were at 20,089 cases from yesterday’s 21,962 recoveries.
This brings the total number of COVID-19 infections in the country to a total of 2,080,984 cases. Total recoveries, on the other hand, is now at 1,889,312 individuals.
Also, the number of active cases was a little lower at 157,438 cases from yesterday’s 157,646 count. Active cases or patients are those undergoing treatment in government hospitals and temporary quarantine facilities.
Also, 173 COVID-19 deaths were registered today, a little lower than yesterday’s 189 total. This brings the total number of COVID-19 fatalities today to 34,234.
However, positivity rate slightly slid down to 27.5 percent from yesterday’s 28.0 rate, with 73,472 people who were tested.
Majority, or 95.4 percent of the cases, are mild and asymptomatic.
A total of 119 duplicates were removed from the total case count, of which 95 were recoveries and one is a death.
Also, 58 cases tagged earlier as recoveries were reclassified as deaths upon final validation.
All laboratories were operational on September 3, 2021 while five 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 five non-reporting laboratories contribute, on average, 0.9 percent of samples tested and 1.2 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.