THE Department of Health (DOH) recorded a total of 14,749 new COVID-19 cases today, again another new high versus yesterday’s 14,249 total, according to the latest DOH COVID-19 Case Bulletin issued today, August 15, 2021.
However, the number of active cases continue on an upward trend with 102,748 compared to yesterday’s 98,847 count. Active cases or patients are those undergoing treatment in government hospitals and temporary quarantine facilities.
A total of 270 COVID-19 deaths were registered today, slightly higher than yesterday’s 233 total. This brings the total number of COVID-19 fatalities today to 30,340, as the total deaths already breached the 30k mark as of yesterday with 30,070.
Positivity rate slightly dipped to 23.5 percent compared to yesterday’s 24.9 percent, with 59,857 people who were tested.
With the additional cases today, the total number of COVID-19 infections in the country is now at 1,741,616.
The DOH also logged 10,720 new recoveries from the COVID-19 disease today, slightly lower than the 11,714 recoveries posted yesterday.
Currently, there are now 1,608,528 individuals listed as total recoveries.
Majority, or 97.0 percent of the cases, are mild and asymptomatic.
A total of 364 duplicates were removed from the total case count, of which 360 were recoveries.
Also, five cases earlier tagged as recoveries were validated as active cases, and 141 cases tagged earlier as recoveries were reclassified as deaths upon final validation.
All laboratories were operational on August 13, 2021 while three 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 three non-reporting laboratories contribute, on average, 0.9 percent of samples tested and 1.1 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.