(sunstar) NEW coronavirus infections are slowly declining nationwide, but remain above 6,000 a day as the daily positivity rate continues to average 13 percent, the Department of Health (DOH) case bulletins in the past week showed.
In the recent seven days from June 14 to 20, 2021, new cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid.19) averaged 6,208 a day, about 6.0 percent lower than the 6,611 daily average in the previous week from June 7 to 13.
On Sunday, June 20, 2021, DOH reported 5,803 new Covid-19 cases and a higher daily positivity rate of 13.2 percent based on tests done two days earlier.
The new cases brought the total case count in the Philippines to 1,359,015, including 57,679 active cases in hospitals and isolation facilities.
Eight duplicates, including six recoveries and one death, were removed from the count… Read More