THE Department of Health (DOH) recorded a total of 14,249 new COVID-19 cases today, a new high compared to yesterday’s 13,177 total, according to the latest DOH COVID-19 Case Bulletin issued today, August 14, 2021.
However, the total number of COVID-19 fatalities today breached the 30k mark with 30,070 deaths.
Positivity rate is at another high with 24.9 percent compared to yesterday’s 23.6 percent, with 52,679 people who were tested.
With the additional cases today, the total number of COVID-19 infections in the country is now at 1,727,231, while active cases rose further to 98,847 from yesterday’s 96,395 count. Active cases or patients are those undergoing treatment in government hospitals and temporary quarantine facilities.
A total of 233 COVID-19 deaths were registered today, which is lower than yesterday’s 299 total.
The DOH also logged 11,714 new recoveries from the COVID-19 disease today, substantially higher than the 4,322 recoveries posted yesterday.
Currently, there are now 1,598,314 individuals listed as total recoveries.
Majority, or 96.9 percent of the cases, are mild and asymptomatic.
A total of 320 duplicates were removed from the total case count, of which 313 were recoveries and one is a death.
Also, 14 cases earlier tagged as recoveries were validated as active cases, and 142 cases tagged earlier as recoveries were reclassified as deaths upon final validation.
All laboratories were operational on August 12, 2021 while four 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 four non-reporting laboratories contribute, on average, 3.4 percent of samples tested and 2.8 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.