THE Department of Health (DOH) logged 3,792 new cases today, a little higher than yesterday’s 3,788 based on the DOH COVID-19 Case Bulletin issued today, February 12, 2022.
Overall, the number of COVID-19 infections in the country to 3,634,368 cases.
Active cases continued its slide with only 84,229 cases today from yesterday’s 91,147. Active cases are patients undergoing treatment in government hospitals and temporary quarantine facilities.
Recoveries from COVID-19 today, however, almost doubled up with 10,662 cases from yesterday’s 5,652 count, pushing overall COVID-19 recoveries in the country to 3,495,209 cases.
Meanwhile, COVID-19 fatalities today went up slightly to 76 from yesterday’s 72 to put total COVID-19 deaths to a 54,930 total.
Positivity rate today, meanwhile, went down again slightly to 14.3 percent from yesterday’s 14.7 percent with 32,067 people tested.
Also, 94.4 percent of the cases were mild and asymptomatic, the DOH bulletin noted.
A total of 61 duplicates were removed from the total case count, with 50 cases counted as recoveries.
There were also 39 cases tagged earlier as recoveries but were reclassified as deaths upon final validation.
All laboratories were operational on February 10, 2022, and four laboratories were not able to submit their data to the COVID-19 Document Repository System (CDRS). According to data in the last 14 days, the four laboratories contribute, on average, 0.6 percent of samples tested and 0.2 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.