(CNN Philippines) Metro Manila — The country once again logged a new record for the highest number of new COVID-19 cases it recorded in a day with 26,303 more infections tallied on Saturday, the Department of Health reported.

The DOH case bulletin counted a total of 2,206,021 cases in the country with 8.4% or 185,706 active cases or people currently battling the disease. At least 85.3% of the active cases showed mild symptoms, 10.2% are asymptomatic, 2.56% are in moderate condition, 1.3% are in severe condition and 0.6% are in critical condition.

The death toll climbed to 34,978 – which is 1.59% of the number of cases – with 79 new fatalities. Meanwhile, 16,013 others recovered, lifting the survivor tally to 1,985,337 or 90% of the COVID-19 count.

The DOH said it reclassified 32 survivors into deaths after validation and deleted 52 duplicate cases, including 45 recoveries.

The total excludes data from two laboratories that failed to submit their reports on time, the department added. These laboratories contributed an average of 0.8% of tested samples and 1.1% of positive individuals in the last 14 days.

The positivity rate – or percentage of tested people with positive results – dropped from 28.8% based on tests on September 8 to 27.6% based on 75,688 tests reported on September 9. The rate has been higher than 27% since September 1.