Of the country's 1,524,449 total reported cases, 47,996 or 3.1 percent are active, according to the Department of Health's 4 p.m. bulletin.
The positivity rate is at 12.1 percent, based on the test results of 36,168 individuals who underwent screening for the virus on Monday. This is the highest since June 19, ABS-CBN Data Analytics head Edson Guido pointed out. COVID-related deaths rose to 26,874 after the DOH confirmed 32 more fatalities. The ABS-CBN research unit said this is the lowest daily death toll in 15 weeks or since April 5 this year, when 10 deaths were registered. The case fatality rate is at 1.76 percent.
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