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1,391 new COVID-19 cases push active tally to 21,176
The Philippines' COVID-19 case count has reached 4,002,080 with the addition of 1,391 new infections reported on Saturday, October 29.
The active case tally has decreased to 21,176.
The national positivity rate is at 13.8 percent, exceeding the World Health Organization's benchmark of five percent.
The Department of Health (DOH) officer-in-charge projected up to 18,000 new cases daily towards November and December, potentially due to the lifting of the outdoor mask mandate and the local transmission of Omicron XBB and XBC subvariants.
The recovery tally has climbed to 3,916,909 with 1,770 new recoveries.
Thirty-six new deaths were reported, increasing the death toll to 63,995.
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