THE Department of Health (DOH) today recorded 6,096 new COVID-19 cases, slightly lower than yesterday’s 6,871 total, according to the latest DOH COVID-19 Case Bulletin issued today, June 27, 2021.
At present, the total number of COVID-19 infections in the country has already reached 1,397,992, with 52,570 listed as active cases or patients who are currently being treated in government hospitals and temporary quarantine facilities.
The DOH also logged 6,912 new recoveries from the COVID-19 disease today, which is lower than the 8,720 recoveries recorded yesterday.
Currently, there are now 1,321,050 individuals listed as total recoveries.
A total of 128 cases were added to the list of COVID-19 deaths today, which is higher than the 92 cases recorded yesterday. This brings to 24,372 the total number of COVID-19 fatalities.
There were also 69 cases previously reported as recoveries were reclassified as deaths upon final validation.
Also, 15 duplicates were removed from the total case count, of which 13 were recoveries.
Meanwhile, positivity rate is at 12.0 percent from 47,927 people who were tested.
Majority, or 95.1 percent of the cases, are mild and asymptomatic.
All laboratories were operational on June 25, 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, 0.81 percent of samples tested and 0.86 percent of positive individuals.
The DOH continues to remind the public that the safety of the country is everyone’s responsibility, and that by helping each other, the country will overcome this COVID-19 pandemic.