THE Department of Health (DOH) recorded, for the second straight day, new COVID-19 infections at only more than 1k with 1,766 cases, though slightly higher than yesterday’s eight-month-low 1,591 count, according to the DOH COVID-19 Case Bulletin issued today, November 4, 2021.
This brings the total number of COVID-19 infections in the country closer to 2.8 million with 2,795,642 cases.
Active cases, on the other hand, continue its downward trend with only 37,159 cases today after registering a 38,014 count yesterday. Active cases or patients are those undergoing treatment in government hospitals and temporary quarantine facilities.
Recoveries from COVID-19 today, meanwhile, registered only 2,591 new recoveries compared to yesterday’s 4,294 recoveries. Overall, COVID-19 recoveries in the country have reached a total of 2,714,658 cases.
The DOH also recorded a high of 239 COVID-19 fatalities today compared to yesterday’s 186 deaths to bring the total COVID-19 deaths to 43,825.
Positivity rate today, meanwhile, increased slightly to 6.6 percent from yesterday’s 5.6 percent based on 34,190 people who were tested.
Around 74.2 percent of the cases were mild and asymptomatic, the DOH bulletin noted.
A total of 22 duplicates were removed from the total case count, of which 17 were recoveries.
There were also 214 cases that were tagged earlier as recoveries but were reclassified as deaths upon final validation.
All laboratories were operational on November 2, 2021 while two 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 two non-reporting laboratories contribute, on average, 0.1 percent of samples tested and 0.1 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. 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.