THE Department of Health (DOH) logged only 849 new COVID-19 infections today, much lower than yesterday’s 1,547, according to the DOH COVID-19 Case Bulletin issued today, November 16, 2021.
This brings the total number of COVID-19 infections in the country to 2,819,341 cases.
However, the DOH noted that the 849 new cases logged today was largely due to the weekly dip of testing output due to weekend encoding of positive cases to the COVID-19 Document Repository System or CDRS. Last Sunday’s record showed the lowest testing output this week, according to the DOH.
Active cases, on the other hand, again went down to 25,464 cases today compared to yesterday’s 27,025 count. Active cases or patients are those undergoing treatment in government hospitals and temporary quarantine facilities.
Recoveries from COVID-19 today, meanwhile, went down a bit to 2,393 from yesterday’s 2,601 count. Overall, COVID-19 recoveries in the country have reached a total of 2,748,069 cases.
The DOH also logged only 99 COVID-19 fatalities today compared to yesterday’s 128 deaths to bring the total COVID-19 deaths to 45,808.
Positivity rate today, meanwhile, went further down to 3.2 percent compared to yesterday’s 4.1 percent based on 28,128 people who were tested.
Around 65.0 percent of the cases were mild and asymptomatic, the DOH bulletin noted.
A total of 19 duplicates were removed from the total case count, of which 18 were recoveries.
There were also 83 cases tagged earlier as recoveries but were reclassified as deaths upon final validation.
All laboratories were operational on November 14, 2021 while six 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 six non-reporting laboratories contribute, on average, 0.8 percent of samples tested and 0.7 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. It 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.