Philippines posts 2nd biggest COVID-19 cases in a day
MANILA, Philippines — The country’s daily COVID-19 tally hit 17,447 yesterday, making it the second highest recorded since the pandemic began last year, the Department of Health (DOH) said.
Last Aug. 23, the DOH recorded the most number of new COVID-19 cases in a day at 18,332.
Yesterday’s figure pushes to 1,916,461 the total COVID-19 caseload in the county, with 142,531 of them still logged as active cases.
The Philippines also registered its highest positivity rate to date at 26.1 percent, much higher than the five percent rate set by the World Health Organization (WHO) as an indication that a country has its COVID-19 cases under control.
The latest DOH case bulletin also reflected 113 patients having succumbed to the disease, bringing the death toll to 32,841.?On the other hand, a total of 1,741,088 recoveries have been recorded with 6,771 more patients having beaten the virus.
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