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The Department of Health (DOH) reported 1,383 new coronavirus infections on Monday, September 7, 2020, the lowest in approximately two months.
This is also the second time this month that new cases across the country fell below 2,000 and new infections in the National Capital Region (NCR) were less than 1,000 according to DOH case bulletins.
The 1,383 new cases on Monday were fewer than the 1,392 cases recorded on July 15, 2020, which was nearly two months ago.
Nearly nine out of 10, or 87 percent, of the new cases occurred in the last two weeks from August 25 to September 7.
The new cases brought the total case count to 238,727, of which 49,931 were active. Active cases refer to patients who are still in hospitals or in quarantine.
Of the active cases, critical and severe cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) stood at 2.0 percent (or 20 per 1,000) and 1.4 percent, respectively. Mild cases accounted for 88.3 percent, while asymptomatic cases accounted for 8.3 percent.
NCR, or Metro Manila, continued to record the highest number of new cases, but reported a record low of 525 on Monday.
The provinces with the highest number of new cases continue to be Laguna with 137, Batangas with 99, Negros Occidental with 77 and Cavite with 69.
DOH also reported 230 additional recoveries, increasing the total to 184,906.
There were 15 additional deaths, bringing the death toll to 3,890.
Of the 15 new deaths, three occurred in September, one in August, five in July, two in June, two in May, one in April, and one in March.
Eleven of these deaths were from the NCR, while two were from Western Visayas, one from Eastern Visayas and one from Calabarzon.
Twenty-one duplicates were removed from the total case count.
New infections slowed in the first week of September, averaging 2,363 per day during the period August 31-September 6, compared to the daily average of more than 4,000 for the entire month of August.
The National Working Group against Covid-19 has attributed the slowdown in the growth of cases to the measures that are being implemented against the spread of Covid-19.
Experts at the University of the Philippines (UP) have said that the epidemic curve is flattening, but DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the public should not be complacent and instead continue to meet minimum standards of Health. (Marites Villamor-Ilano / SunStar Philippines)
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