Philippines' 951 new COVID-19 cases lowest this year

The Philippines on Monday reported 951 new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections, the lowest daily case count recorded this year.

This brought the nationwide tally to 3,661,997 and the active cases to 52,179.

Of the active cases, 528 are asymptomatic, 47,157 are mild, 1,417 are severe, and 298 are in critical condition. 

Ngayong 4 PM, Pebrero 28, 2022, ang Department of Health ay nakapagtala ng 951 na karagdagang kaso ng COVID-19. Samantala ay mayroon namang naitalang 1,717 na gumaling at 50 na pumanaw.

Sa kabuuang bilang ng mga naitalang kaso sa bansa, 1.4% (52,179) ang aktibong kaso, pic.twitter.com/teqe2KEwmf

— Department of Health (@DOHgovph) February 28, 2022

The DOH said 895 or 94% of the new cases occurred within the recent 14 days from February 14 to 27.

The agency said the top contributing regions are the National Capital Region (NCR) with 26%, followed by Region IV-A with 15%, and Region VI with 10%.

Data also showed that total recoveries climbed to 3,553,367 after 1,717 more patients recovered from the illness while 50 new fatalities brought the death toll to 56,451.

Of the reported deaths, 45 occurred this year while 5 occurred from June to October last year due to the late encoding of death information to its system.

The country’s positivity rate remained at 5%. The total conducted COVID-19 tests were 22,407.

According to the DOH, three duplicates were removed from the total case count, while 36 cases previously tagged as recoveries were reclassified as deaths after final validation.

Five laboratories was not able to submit their data.

Meanwhile, the latest data showed that 27% of the country’s intensive care unit beds are utilized while 14% of the mechanical ventilators are also in use.

In NCR, 25% of the ICU beds are utilized and 16% of the ventilators are in use.—LDF, GMA News