THE Department of Health (DOH) logged 3,788 new cases today, lower than yesterday’s 4,575 based on the DOH COVID-19 Case Bulletin issued today, February 11, 2022.
Overall, the number of COVID-19 infections in the country to 3,630,637 cases.
Active cases continued its slide with only 91,147 cases today from yesterday’s 93,307. Active cases are patients undergoing treatment in government hospitals and temporary quarantine facilities.
Recoveries from COVID-19 today, however, got lower with only 5,652 cases compared to yesterday’s 7,504 count, pushing overall COVID-19 recoveries in the country to 3,484,636 cases.
Meanwhile, COVID-19 fatalities today went down to 72 from yesterday’s 94 to put total COVID-19 deaths to a 54,854 total.
Positivity rate today, meanwhile, went down again to 14.7 percent from yesterday’s 15.1 percent with 32,795 people tested.
Also, 94.8 percent of the cases were mild and asymptomatic, the DOH bulletin noted.
A total of 726 duplicates were removed from the total case count, with 449 cases counted as recoveries while one is a death.
There were also 52 cases tagged earlier as recoveries but were reclassified as deaths upon final validation.
All laboratories were operational on February 9, 2022, and only one laboratory was not able to submit its data to the COVID-19 Document Repository System (CDRS). According to data in the last 14 days, the one laboratory contributed, on average, 0.1 percent of samples tested and 0.01 percent of positive individuals.
The agency continues to remind the public not to become complacent and continue to be vigilant against the threat of COVID-19 and make it a habit to follow the minimum public health standards and to always wear face masks, and also face shields whenever necessary, maintain physical distancing and washing of hands. 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.