Philippines logs 290 new COVID-19 cases, lowest so far this year

The Philippines on Tuesday logged 290 new COVID-19 infections, the lowest recorded daily tally this year.

This brings the nationwide total cases to 3,674,983.

According to the Department of Health's data posted on its website, the new infections brought the country's active case count to 44,764. This is the lowest number of active cases since January 5.

Among the top regions with cases in the recent two weeks were the National Capital Region (NCR) with 1,948, followed by Region 4-A with 899 and Region 6 with 671.

The number of recoveries rose to 3,571,938, while the country’s death toll climbed to 58,281.

Based on the latest data, at least 24.64% of the intensive care unit (ICU) beds for COVID-19 patients nationwide are in use.

At least 22.04% of isolation beds in the country were utilized, while 13.66% of ward beds nationwide were in use.

Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said at least 2.7% positivity rate was recorded this week.

She said even other regions such as the NCR recorded a low positivity rate from 2.8% last week to 2.6% this week, less than the 5% threshold set by the World Health Organization.—LDF, GMA News