11,085 new COVID-19 cases push PH’s active infections to 105,151

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

MANILA, Philippines — The country’s active COVID-19 infections continue to swell Wednesday as the Department of Health (DOH) reported 11,085 new cases.

The health agency said 105,151 people in the country are currently sick of the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. This figure is 5.9 percent of the confirmed 1,776,495 COVID-19 cases nationwide.

According to the DOH, “the relatively low number of cases today is due to lower laboratory output last Monday.”

Additional recoveries of 11,628 patients raised the number of COVID-19 survivors in the country to 1,640,721 while the passing of 161 coronavirus-stricken individuals increased the death toll to 30,623 as of August 18.

The DOH said 23.4 percent of 46,644 people who underwent COVID-19 testing were found positive for SARS-CoV-2 on Monday.

It also said that all laboratories were operational on Monday but nine were not able to submit their data on time. The nine non-reporting labs contribute 3.9 percent of samples tested and 5.6 percent of positive individuals on average in the last two weeks.

Moreover, the DOH reported the detection of 265 duplicates in its COVID-19 data that were consequently removed from the total case count. Of these duplicates, 259 are recoveries. Also, the agency said 74 cases that were initially counted as recoveries were likewise reclassified as deaths after final validation.

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