Metro Manila (CNN Philippines) Metro Manila — The country on Sunday recorded 203 new COVID-19 infections, the lowest daily case count recorded so far this year, but this excludes data from 45 laboratories.

This is also the lowest single-day tally case since May 23, 2020 with less than 200 infections.

The nationwide tally is now 2,837,577, of which 9,729 are active cases. Of the active cases, 485 are asymptomatic, 3,685 have mild symptoms, 3,379 have moderate infection, 1,800 have severe symptoms, and 380 are in critical condition.

The low case report is due to the suspension of the operations of four laboratories on Dec. 17 and the failure of 41 laboratories to submit data to the COVID-19 Document Repository System, the Department of Health said.

The DOH also said that based on data in the last 14 days, the 45 non-reporting laboratories contribute, on average, 15.4% of samples tested and 1.8% of positive cases.