DOH Logs Lowest New COVID Cases Since July 2

MANILA, Philippines — On Tuesday, December 7, the Department of Health reported only 356 new positive COVID cases. This has been the lowest daily tally since July 2 of last year.

The additional positive cases increased the total number of active cases to 13,026. This amounts to only 0.5% of the 2,835,345 confirmed cases since the beginning of the pandemic.

DOH reported that 47% of active cases are mild or asymptomatic. The positive rate stands at 1.4% based on samples taken from 24,360 people last December 5. ABS-CBN Data Analytics Head Edson Guido reported that this is the second lowest positive rate since April 2020. 

BREAKING: DOH reports 356 new cases today, the lowest since July 2, 2020. Six labs were not able to submit data.

The 1.4% positivity rate is the 2nd lowest since data became available in April 2020 ✅

The number of active cases is the lowest since May 30, 2020 ✅ pic.twitter.com/vmbbFCuD6B

— Edson C. Guido (@EdsonCGuido) December 7, 2021

DOH also logged 92 new fatalities, upping the total death count to 49,591. On the other hand, total recovery cases increased by 871.