(CNN Philippines) Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, July 30) — The country recorded 8,562 new COVID-19 cases – the highest in two months – on Friday, according to the Department of Health.

It is the highest daily case count following May 28, when infections were above 8,700. Total infections jumped to 1,580,824 with 3.9% or 61,920 active cases. It is also the highest active case tally following May 8, when there were over 63,000 currently sick patients.

At least 94% of active cases have mild symptoms, 2.1% are with severe symptoms, 1.49% are in moderate condition, 1.2% have no symptoms and 1.2% are in critical condition.

The death toll climbed to 27,722 – which is 1.75% of the COVID-19 total – after 145 more people died of the disease. The recovery number is 1,491,182 or 94.3% of the case count after 2,854 more people were cleared of the coronavirus.

The total excludes data from two laboratories that failed to submit their reports on time, the DOH said. These laboratories contributed an average of 0.5% of samples tested and 0.4% of positive individuals in the last 14 days.

The positivity rate or percentage of people who tested positive fell from 16% to 14.9% based on 52,623 tests reported on July 28. However, the rate is still “high” according to US nonprofit Covid Act Now, which the OCTA Research Team uses as reference for its recommendations.