Philippines tallies 8,702 more COVID-19 infections

MANILA, Philippines, February 4 ------ The Department of Health on Thursday reported 8,702 new COVID-19 cases, the third straight day the daily tally fell below 10,000. Thursday’s tally brought the total number of COVID-19 infections to 3,585,416. Of the figure, 153,333 were active cases. According to the DOH, 97% of the newly-reported cases occurred from January 21 to February 3. The regions with the highest number of additional infections during that period were Western Visayas (1,039), Central Visayas (799), and Davao region (785).

The country’s death toll rose by 71 to 54,168, while recoveries increased by 15,290 to 3,377,958. The DOH said that 25.5% of 42,446 samples on February 1 tested positive for COVID-19, way above the five-percent threshold set by the World Health Organization. Five testing laboratories did not submit data to the agency.

Source: philstar.com