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DOH logs new highest daily tally with 19,441 COVID-19 cases

August 28, 2021 People's Tonight 278 views

CNN Philippines – The country again broke its record for the highest number of new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases tallied in a day after the Department of Health (DOH) reported 19,441 infections on Saturday.

It’s the third time the country recorded new highest single-day tallies this month alone. The last time was just five days ago on August 23 when there were over 18,000 new cases.

The DOH’s latest bulletin counted 1,935,700 infections in total with 7.4 percent or 142,679 active cases or people currently ill.

The death toll also jumped to over 33,000, at 33,008 after 167 more people lost their lives to the disease. Meanwhile, 19,191 others recovered, bringing the survivor count to 1,760,013.

The DOH said it reclassified 76 survivors into deaths after validation, and deleted 202 duplicates, including 191 recoveries.

The total excludes data from three laboratories that failed to submit their reports on time, the DOH added. These laboratories contributed an average of 1.3 percent of tested samples and 0.2 percent of positive individuals in the last 14 days.

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