CNN Philippines — The country logged 4,478 new COVID-19 infections, bringing the nationwide tally to 1,566,667, the Department of Health’s latest bulletin showed.

The low number of cases reported today was due to the 9 p.m. extraction done the previous day, not the usual 1 p.m. This means there were some cases reported on Tuesday that should have been included in today’s tally, the DOH explained.

Of the total, 54,552 are active cases or people currently sick – with 93.4% having mild symptoms, 1.64% experiencing moderate symptoms, 1.2% asymptomatic, 1.4% critical, and 2.3% in severe condition.

The death toll reached 27,401 after 84 more patients died of COVID-19. The recovery count also climbed to 1,484,714 with 6,149 new recoveries.

The DOH said 11 duplicates were removed from the total case count, including seven are recoveries and one death.

It added that 53 cases previously tagged as recoveries were reclassified as deaths after final validation.

All laboratories were operational on July 26, but four failed to submit their reports on time. These laboratories contribute, on average, 1.6% of samples tested and 1.8% of positive cases, the DOH said.

The daily positivity rate, or percentage of people who tested positive, stood at 15% based on 34,199 tests done on July 26. The World Health Organization recommends positivity rates of below 5%, as bigger numbers may indicate high transmission.

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