THE country, said the Department of Health (DOH) registered on Thursday 1,623 additional coronavirus disease infections, increasing the nationwide tally to 2,841,260.
Of the new cases, 1,582 (97%) occurred within the recent 14 days from December 17 to December 30, 2021. Also, the top regions with cases in the recent two weeks were Metro Manila (1,063 or 67%), followed by Calabarzon (173 or 11%) and Central Luzon (101 or 6%).
The DOH’s case bulletin said the fresh infections also brought the active tally to 11,772, consisting of 577 asymptomatic cases, 5,737 mild cases, 3,315 moderate cases, 1,771 severe cases, and 372 critical cases.
The COVID-19 positivity rate also reached 6.6%—up from Wednesday’s 4.5%—from a total of 30,933 COVID-19 tests. The World Health Organization recommends a positivity rate of below 5%; above this indicates high transmission rate.
The DOH also said a total of 256 additional recoveries were recorded, pushing the total recoveries to 2,778,115.
