THE Department of Health (DOH) today reported a total of 7,772 new COVID-19 infections today, a bit higher than yesterday’s 7,625 count, according to the DOH COVID-19 Case Bulletin issued today, October 16, 2021.
This brings the total number of COVID-19 infections in the country to 2,713,509 cases.
However, active cases shot up again to 85,048 today after registering aa 78,999 count yesterday. Active cases or patients are those undergoing treatment in government hospitals and temporary quarantine facilities.
And also, after recording only 13,363 recoveries yesterday, the number of people who recovered from the disease went back down to only 1,634 today to bring the total number of COVID-19 recoveries to 2,587,881 cases.
The DOH also reported 156 COVID-19 fatalities today compared to yesterday’s 203 count to bring the total COVID-19 deaths to 40,580.
Positivity rate today, meanwhile, dropped to 13.0 percent from 14.9 percent yesterday, from 54,174 people who were tested.
Majority, or 88.0 percent of the cases, are mild and asymptomatic.
A total of 55 duplicates were removed from the total case count, of which 41 were recoveries.
Also, 81 cases tagged earlier as recoveries were reclassified as deaths upon final validation.
All laboratories were operational on October 14, 2021 while one laboratory was not able to submit its data to the COVID-19 Document Repository System (CDRS). Based on data in the last 14 days, the one non-reporting laboratory contributed, on average, 0.1 percent of samples tested and 0.1 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.
Fourth day of new COVID-19 infections at 7k level; lower positivity rate noted
Source: Bullet News Viral
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