Philippines logs 22,820 more COVID-19 cases, highest since pandemic began

MANILA, Philippines — Health authorities on Thursday listed 22,820 more coronavirus cases, pushing the country's total to 2,161,892. 

This is the highest daily rise recorded since the pandemic started. 

The new figures saw active cases up by 15,537 from the 151,135 on September 8. The Department of Health said five laboratories did not submit test results. 

• Active cases: 166,672 or 7.7% of the total


• Recoveries: 12,337, bringing the number to 1,960,487


• Deaths: 61, or now 34,733 in total

FDA: Very low breakthrough infections 

• The Food and Drug Administration said it recorded only 242 or 0.0017% breakthrough infections out of the 13.87 million Filipinos vaccinated for COVID-19 by end-August. 


• DOH added 5,132 COVID-19 cases on the 12,751 it reported on September 8, with the corrected figure at 17, 883. It attributed the delay to issues in its COVIDKaya system.


• The Professional Regulation Commission canceled the September 2021 physician board exam in Metro Manila amid rising COVID-19 cases. 


• Some 122 children and personnel in an orphanage in Quezon City tested positive for COVID-19, the local government announced. Most were kids under 18 years old.