ICYMI: The Department of Health reports a positivity rate of 20.7%, which means that one in five people tested turned out positive for COVID-19.
The DOH reported a positivity rate of 20.7% out of 18,587 tests in its bulletin. These positive cases were added to the tally of confirmed cases only after further validation.
This process helps ensure cases would not be recorded in duplicate, and that all test results had been submitted, The DOH said two testing laboratories were not operational on Saturday, January 1, while 21 others were not able to submit their data on time. The cases reflected in the bulletin were based on tests conducted two days ago.The spike in cases comes as the Philippines recorded a total of 14 cases of the Omicron variant, with three of these local cases.
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