PH logs 31,173 new COVID-19 cases, active infections at 275,364

Updated Thu, January 20, 2022 at 4:03 PM Published Tue, January 18, 2022 at 4:09 PM

The Philippines logged 31,173 new COVID-19 cases on January 20, 2022, bringing the total infections to 3,324,478.

Active cases reached 275,364, with the majority being mild, while 8,424 were asymptomatic, 1,488 moderate, 305 severe, and 305 critical.

The COVID-19 positivity rate was 43.3% based on 73,989 tests conducted.

NCR, Calabarzon, and Central Luzon reported the highest numbers of new cases in the past two weeks.

The death toll rose by 110 to 53,153, with most of the deaths occurring in January 2022 due to late data encoding.

Total recoveries increased by 26,298 to 2,995,961.

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