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PH posts 10,670 new COVID-19 cases, 191 more deaths

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Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="People avail kalesa tours inside Intramuros in Manila on September 18, 2021 the first weekend after the new COVID-19 alert level system was imposed. George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/news/10/08/20210918-covid-intramuros-tourists-gc-7590.jpg"/><figcaption>People avail kalesa tours inside Intramuros in Manila on September 18, 2021 the first weekend after the new COVID-19 alert level system was imposed. George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News</figcaption></figure></div><h3>Total COVID-related deaths breach 39,000 </h3><p>MANILA (<strong>UPDATED</strong>) - The Philippines on Friday listed 10,670 more COVID-19 cases in the country, as the health department this week confirmed that the growth infections slowed nationwide. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/07/21/doh-confirms-dip-in-philippines-covid-19-cases">As PH virus cases decline, public warned vs complacency: DOH</a></li></ul><p>According to the ABS-CBN Investigative and Research Group, this is the 5th straight day that new cases were below 11,000. </p><p>&quot;Prior to this week, the last time that the number of cases fell below 11,000 was nearly two months ago, on Aug. 17, when DOH announced 10,035 new cases,&quot; the researchers said.</p><p>The country&#x27;s new caseload pushed the total recorded cases to 2,643,494, of which 118,203 or 4.5 percent are still active, the latest bulletin from the Department of Health (DOH) showed.</p><p>Positivity rate is at 16.9 percent, based on samples collected from 58,583 individuals on Wednesday. </p><p>The positivity rate is the lowest since Aug. 3, ABS-CBN Data Analytics head Edson Guido said.</p><p>There were also 191 new deaths, pushing the country&#x27;s death toll to 39,232. </p><p>The ABS-CBN IRG also noted that the figure is the highest in a week, or since Oct. 1, when DOH registered 199 deaths.</p><p>The day&#x27;s fresh deaths included 128 cases first tagged as recoveries, DOH said.</p><div><strong>Technical issues</strong></div><p>Earlier in the day, the agency separately reported 104 additional deaths from Oct. 5 and 6, as the issue with their data collating system COVIDKaya persisted. </p><p>No deaths were recorded on the said dates.</p><p>The agency said on Thursday that it would announce new fatalities in a separate advisory amid &quot;technical issues encountered&quot; with COVIDKaya. </p><p>&quot;[This is] to reflect numbers not included in the previous case bulletins,&quot; the agency&#x27;s note read.</p><p>The health department reported zero new deaths for 3 straight days, or from Sept. 24 to 26 due to the technical issue. </p><p>Recoveries, meanwhile, climbed by 7,691 to 2,486,059. The total number of recoveries account for 94 percent of the Philippines&#x27; running tally.</p><p>Two laboratories failed to submit data on time. </p><p>The intensive care unit (ICU) bed allocations in Metro Manila is 71 percent occupied, while this is 72 percent nationwide, the latest bulletin showed.</p><p>On Thursday, the agency said the relatively low number of new cases in the country does not mean that the public should be complacent. </p><p>The Philippines&#x27; new COVID-19 cases still ranged between 9,000 to 14,000 daily in the past week, data showed. </p><p>The dip in fresh infections, the DOH said, was announced after the agency took into consideration and &quot;analyzed&quot; all factors such as lower laboratory outputs, a decrease in test outputs resulting in lower positivity rate and fewer hospital admissions. </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=1794051" 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><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>

The Philippines on Friday listed 10,670 more COVID-19 cases in the country, as the DOH this week said growth infections slowed nationwide. 

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PH posts 10,670 new COVID-19 cases, 191 more deaths

Job Manahan,

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Published Oct 08, 2021 04:27 PM PHT

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Updated Oct 08, 2021 06:35 PM PHT

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