MANILA, Philippines --- A total of 16,953 new cases of COVID-19 and 27,638 recoveries were recorded by the Department of Health (DOH) on Sunday.
This is the lowest number of daily infections recorded since Jan. 5, where there were 10,775 new cases, and slightly lower than Saturday's 17,382 cases.
Meanwhile, with the higher number of recoveries, active cases further decreased to 202,864, from Saturday's 213,587. Total confirmed cases, meanwhile, are now at 3,545,680 while total recoveries are at 3,288,925.
Positivity rate, on the other hand, is at 31.4 percent out of the 56,078 tests conducted on Jan. 28, also the lowest rate since Jan. 4 (26.20 percent) and only slightly lower t...
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PH registers 16,953 new cases of COVID-19; total cases at 3,545,680