PH reports 356 new COVID-19 cases, lowest daily tally since July last year
MANILA -- The Philippines on Tuesday reported 356 new COVID-19 cases, the lowest daily tally since July last year, bringing the country's total to 2,835,345, the Department of Health said.
The DOH said positivity rate stood at 1.4 percent, based on test results of samples taken from 24,360 individuals on Sunday, Dec. 5. It is the second lowest since data became available in April 2020, said ABS-CBN Data Analytics Head Edson Guido. This is the lowest in one year and a half, or since May 30 last year when 12,342 active cases were logged by the DOH, based on adjusted data, noted the ABS-CBN IRG.
The agency clarified that of the 92, only three deaths occurred this month. There is still late encoding of death information to COVIDKaya, its data repository system, the DOH said.There were 87 cases previously tagged as recoveries that were reclassified as deaths after final validation, according to DOH.
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