1,297 new Covid-19 infections, 23,158 active cases reported

THE Department of Health (DOH) reported 1,297 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, pushing the nationwide tally to 2,821,753.

Of the total, 0.8% or 23,158 are active cases or people currently sick – with at least 58.5% experiencing mild symptoms, 19.96% in moderate condition, 12.2% with severe symptoms, 5.2% in critical condition, and 4.1% without symptoms.

“This issue is currently being coordinated with the Epidemiology and Surveillance Units to ensure information is up to date,” the DOH added.

Meanwhile, 1,956 others got better, raising the recovery count to 2,752,173 – or 97.5% of the case total.

The DOH said it reclassified 278 survivors into fatalities after validation, and deleted 38 duplicate cases, including 36 recoveries.

The World Health Organization’s benchmark for positivity rate is 5 percent or lower for at least two weeks. A relatively high rate means more people should be tested for the coronavirus.

Guido said the Philippines has never recorded a positivity rate below 5 percent for 14 consecutive days since the DOH started releasing such data.

The lowest positivity rate that the DOH recorded is 1.2 percent, on April 5, 2020.

Of the 305 reported deaths, only 36 occurred in November 2021. 44% of the reported deaths today occurred in October 2021 while 35% occured in September 2021 due to late encoding of death information. This issue is currently being coordinated with the Epidemiology and Surveillance Units to ensure information is up to date.