PH posts record-high 2,651 new COVID-19 infections; active cases now at 34K | Inquirer News

PH posts record-high 2,651 new COVID-19 infections; active cases now at 34K

By: - Reporter / @ConsINQ
/ 04:29 PM February 26, 2021

2,288 new COVID-19 cases push total of active infections to 28,488

FILE PHOTO: This undated transmission electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2, also known as novel coronavirus, the virus that causes COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S. NIAID-RML/Handout via REUTERS.

MANILA, Philippines — The country on Friday reported 2,651 additional infections of the coronavirus disease — the highest number of new Covid-19 cases so far this 2021 — propelling the nation’s total number of cases to 571,327.

In its case bulletin at 4 p.m., the Department of Health (DOH) also reported that the total active cases reached 34,498, which is six percent of the total Covid-19 caseload in the country.

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Meanwhile, DOH reported 561 recoveries and 46 more fatalities of the disease, bringing the total count of recoveries and deaths to 524,582 and 12,247, respectively.

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Four duplicated cases, including a recovered case, were deleted from the total case count, DOH said.

The department added that 20 cases previously classified as recoveries were updated to deaths.

Below is the list of fresh new coronavirus cases from January 1 until February 26 based on the DOH Covid-19 data for 2021:

January 1 – 1,765

January 2 – 1,097

January 3 – 891

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January 4 – 959

January 5 – 937

January 6 – 1,047

January 7 – 1,353

January 8 –  1,776

Jan. 9 –  1,952

Jan. 10 –  1,906

Jan. 11 – 2,052

Jan. 12 – 1,524

Jan. 13 – 1,453

Jan. 14 -1,912

Jan. 15  – 2,048

Jan. 16 -2,058

Jan. 17 – 1,895

Jan. 18 – 2,163

Jan.19 – 1,357

Jan. 20 -1,862

Jan. 21- 1,783

Jan. 22 – 2,178

Jan. 23 – 1,797

Jan. 24 -1,949

Jan. 25 – 1,581

Jan. 26 – 1,713

Jan. 27 – 2,245

Jan. 28 -1,169

Jan. 29 – 1,849

Jan.30 – 2,109

Jan.31 – 2,103

Feb. 1 – 1,658

Feb. 2 – 1,583

Feb. 3 – 1,266

Feb. 4 – 1,590

Feb. 5 – 1,894

Feb. 6 – 1,941

Feb. 7 – 1,790

Feb. 8 – 1,690

Feb. 9 – 1,235

Feb. 10 – 1,345

Feb. 11 –  1,734

Feb. 12 – 2,022

Feb. 13 – 1,960

Feb. 14 – 1,928

Feb. 15 – 1,685

Feb. 16 –  1,391

Feb. 17 – 1,184

Feb. 18 – 1,744

Feb. 19 – 1,901

Feb. 20- 2,240

Feb. 21 – 1,888

Feb. 22 – 1,641

Feb. 23 – 1,414

Feb. 24 – 1,557

Feb. 25 – 2,269

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Feb. 26 – 2,651

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