The Department of Health on Tuesday recorded 89 new COVID-19 cases, the lowest daily tally since April 4, 2020 and the first time since then that the daily number has dropped to two digits.
This is the lowest the daily total has been in 1,032 days or two years, nine months, and 27 days, when 76 new COVID-19 cases were logged on April 4, 2020. It is also the first time since that day that the total cases were fewer than 100.
The tally of active cases increased to 9,632, but the country's total caseload was actually reduced by 13 cases to 4,073,203.In the past two weeks, the National Capital Region remained the top region with the highest number of infections with 701. It was followed by Calabarzon with 381, Western Visayas with 242, Davao Region with 204, and Central Luzon with 176.
The latest data also showed at least 4,749 beds were occupied, while 21,924 were vacant as the bed occupancy in the country stood at 17.8% as of Sunday, January 29. Meanwhile, a total of 9,571 individuals were tested, while 329 testing labs submitted data as of Monday, January 30.
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