The Department of Health (DOH) recorded 3,617 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on New Year’s Day on Saturday, Jan. 1.
The Department of Health recorded 3,617 new coronavirus disease cases on New Year’s Day on Saturday, Jan. 1.Saturday’s tally already surpassed Friday, Dec. 31, 2021’s numbers of 2,961 COVID-19 cases.
During the past few days, case numbers have rapidly been doubling after staying less than 500 before the Christmas and New Year’s Day revelries.On Dec. 28, the DOH logged only 421 cases but on Dec. 29 it quickly went up to 889. The daily cases nearly doubled on Dec. 30 when 1,623 infections were recorded.
DOH also recorded 468 new recoveries bringing the total to 2,778,567 or 97.6 percent of the total number of cases while 43 have died from the virus bringing the death toll to 51,545 or 1.81 percent of the total number of cases.
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