FOUR hundred and nine new Covid-19 cases have been recorded in the country, according to data from the Department of Health (DOH). Of the number, 218 are from Metro Manila.
Active infections stood at 4,860, the highest since May 3. The country’s total confirmed cases climbed to 3,697,200.
Meanwhile, the positivity rate from June 19 to 20 is at 4.5 percent, ABS-CBN Data Analytics Team head Edson Guido said.
DOH data showed that the total number of COVID-related deaths in the country has reached 60,476, with 9 new deaths added Tuesday.
Total recoveries, meanwhile, reached 3,631,864.
From June 13 to 19, the country recorded an average of 436 cases per day, the DOH said in its latest bulletin. The tally was 82 percent higher than infections from June 6 to 12, said the agency.
This is the highest number of cases logged in a single week in 13 weeks, or since the week of March 14 to 20 when 3,481 cases were reported, according to the ABS-CBN Investigative and Research Group.
Despite the uptick in cases, the DOH dismissed OCTA Research Group’s statement that there was a “weak surge” in infections. Most of the infections were mild to moderate and did not need hospitalization, the DOH said.
More than 70 million people in the Philippines have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, National Task Force Against COVID-19 chief implementer and vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. said Saturday.
