COVID-19 infects 4,114 more in PH; active cases now at 49,613

By: Cathrine Gonzales - 3 years ago

Test tube of sample, positive for new coronavirus. File Photo

MANILA, Philippines — New coronavirus disease COVID-19 sickened 4,114 more in the country, the Department of Health (DOH) reported Tuesday.

But DOH noted that the latest figures do not include information from nine testing laboratories, which failed to submit their data on time.

The health agency also announced that COVID-19 active cases nationwide are now at 49,613 and that total infection in the country reached 1,445,832 as of July 6.

Some 6,086 patients were able to recover from the potentially deadly illness, DOH also said, boosting the number of recovered individuals to 1,370,923, although 104 others have died due to various COVID-19 complications raising the toll to 25,296.

The DOH explained that 10.5 percent of the 31,536 people tested for SARS-CoV-2 were found positive for the coronavirus on Sunday, July 4. SARS-CoV-2 causes COVID-19.

According to DOH, all testing laboratories were operational on Sunday but nine laboratories were not able to submit their data to the COVID-19 Document Repository System. Based on information reported in the last 14 days, the nine non-reporting labs contribute, on average, 5.2 percent of samples tested and 6.7 percent of COVID-positive individuals.

Moreover, the DOH reported the removal of 28 duplicate entries, including 22 recoveries, from the total case count as well as the reclassification of 38 cases initially tagged as recoveries into active cases and 63 cases initially counted as recoveries into fatalities after final validation.

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