Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, June 26) Â The country tallied 6,871 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, pushing the total to 1,391,911, the Department of Health said.
The DOH case bulletin counted 53,447 active or people currently sick, which is 3.8% of the case count. At least 89.4% of the active cases are experiencing mild symptoms, 5.7% have no symptoms, 2% have severe symptoms, 1.4% are in critical condition, and 1.44% are in moderate condition.
The death toll also climbed to 24,244 or 1.74% of the COVID-19 tally after 92 more people lost their lives to the disease. Meanwhile, 8,720 more patients got better, raising the number of recoveries to 1,314,220 or 94.4% of the case total.
The DOH said the total excludes data from three laboratories that failed to submit their reports on time. It added 98 survivors were reclassified – 45 into active cases and 53 into fatalities – and 13 duplicates were removed, including ten recoveries.
The three non-reporting laboratories contributed an average of 0.54% of samples tested and 0.65% of positive individuals in the last 14 days, the DOH noted.
The daily positivity rate or percentage of individuals who tested positive rose slightly to 11.9% based on 50,035 tests done on June 24. The rate will still be updated but it is far from the below 5% recommended by the World Health Organization. Experts have said high rates may mean high transmission and that more cases have yet to be detected.
