PH records 5,828 new COVID-19 infections as more local Delta variant cases detected

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/news/07/21/20210721-malate-flooding-vaccine-site-mh100636.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>People brave the flood as they queue for COVID-19 vaccine outside the San Andres Sports Complex vaccination site in Malate, Manila on Wednesday, July 21, 2021. <em>Mores Heramis, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA<strong> (UPDATE) </strong>- The Philippines on Thursday reported 5,828 new COVID-19 cases, as the health department also confirmed more local cases of the Delta variant. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/22/21/philippines-delta-variant-covid-19-new-cases-july222021">Philippines detects 12 new local Delta variant COVID cases</a></li></ul><p>Based on the Department of Health&#x27;s (DOH) latest bulletin, the country now has 1,530,266 total recorded COVID-19 infections, of which 50,562 or 3.3 percent are active. </p><p>The ABS-CBN Investigative and Research Group said that the number of those still battling the disease on Thursday is the highest in nearly 3 weeks or since July 2, when active cases stood at 51,927.</p><p>The number of active cases in previous days has been adjusted for duplicates, the research unit said. </p><p>The positivity rate is at 12 percent, based from the samples of 47,869 individuals who underwent testing for the virus on Tuesday. </p><p>The health department said there are still &quot;technical issues&quot; hounding its data collating system COVIDKaya, which was why they resorted to reporting the day&#x27;s cases manually. </p><p>Thursday&#x27;s new cases, according to the agency, may not have &quot;up-to-date data entries in certain fields&quot; such as health status, residence, and quarantine status, among other things.</p><p>&quot;The issue is currently being investigated and a resolution is expected in the next few days. Rest assured that the DOH is exerting all efforts to update the cases as soon as possible,&quot; the note read.</p><p>The virus also claimed 17 additional lives, raising the death toll to 26,891. </p><p>The newly-announced fatalities is the lowest in almost 4 months, or since April 5, when the agency reported 10 deaths, the ABS-CBN research team noted.</p><p>This is also the fourth straight day that new deaths were less than 100, data showed.</p><p>Most or 15 of the reported fatalities on Thursday were initially tagged as recovered. </p><p>The case fatality rate is at 1.76 percent. </p><p>Meanwhile, there were 3,257 more recoveries, bringing the total number of recuperations to 1,452,813 or 94.9 percent of the running tally. </p><p>A total of 11 cases have been excluded from the case tally, 8 of which are recoveries, the DOH said.</p><p>Five laboratories failed to submit data on time. </p><div><strong>SURGE IN NCR AT ITS &#x27;EARLY STAGES&#x27; </strong></div><p>Earlier in the day, the DOH announced the detection of 12 additional cases of the Delta variant that ravaged India, stretching the country&#x27;s health care capacity at its peak. </p><p>To date, Philippines has recorded a total of 47 cases of the said variant, of which 8 are active. </p><p>The OCTA Research group noted a spike in virus infections in Metro Manila, signaling possible &quot;early stages&quot; of a surge reminiscent of the situationin April. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/22/21/ncr-early-stages-covid19-pandemic-new-surge-delta-variant-octa">OCTA: NCR seeing &#x27;early stages&#x27; of COVID-19 surge that may be driven by Delta variant</a></li></ul><p>In its latest monitoring, the OCTA pointed out that Metro Manila&#x27;s reproduction number (R) in the past week (July 15 - July 21) increased to 1.15, which means that a virus carrier is infecting an average of more than one individual. </p><p>ABS-CBN Data Analytics head Edson Guido said the capital region&#x27;s 1,027 new cases, based on DOH&#x27;s data, is the highest reported in nearly 2 months or since June 10.</p><p>It is also the first time that additional infections in the region breached 1,000 during the same period, Guido added.</p><p>The 7-day average of reported cases in Metro Manila stood at 810, which is 27 percent higher than the previous week, he said. It is the highest since June 15. </p><p>Experts and health officials have said that ramping up vaccination efforts would be crucial to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and its variants. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/multimedia/infographic/03/23/21/philippines-covid-19-vaccine-tracker">Philippines: COVID-19 Vaccine Tracker</a></li></ul><p>As of Tuesday, the government has so far administered 15,616,562 COVID-19 vaccine doses, of which 10.58 million are first shots. </p><p>A total of 5.03 million people, meanwhile, are fully vaccinated against the virus, representing 8.67 percent of the minimum 58 million government target by yearend. </p><div><strong>WATCH</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1731912" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><div class="infogram-embed" data-id="_/XwlOyN6W2yUc4AnE9xPq" data-title="COVID-19 cases - 1" data-type="interactive"> </div><div><script type="text/javascript">!function(e,i,n,s){var t='InfogramEmbeds',d=e.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];if(window[t]&&window[t].initialized)window[t].process&&window[t].process();else if(!e.getElementById(n)){var o=e.createElement('script');o.async=1,o.id=n,o.src='https://e.infogram.com/js/dist/embed-loader-min.js',d.parentNode.insertBefore(o,d)}}(document,0,'infogram-async');</script></div>

<p>Based on the Department of Health's (DOH) latest bulletin, the country now has 1,530,266 total recorded COVID-19 infections, of which 50,562 or 3.3 percent are active.</p>

Based on the Department of Health's (DOH) latest bulletin, the country now has 1,530,266 total recorded COVID-19 infections, of which 50,562 or 3.3 percent are active.

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PH records 5,828 new COVID-19 infections as more local Delta variant cases detected

PH records 5,828 new COVID-19 infections as more local Delta variant cases detected

Job Manahan,

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Published Jul 22, 2021 04:51 PM PHT

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Updated Jul 22, 2021 07:38 PM PHT

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