The Department of Health (DOH) has recorded 665 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Monday, Nov. 29, the lowest single-day count since July 2020.
This update on COVID-19 cases brings the country's tally since the onset of the pandemic to 2,832,375. New single-day cases have not gone down to 600 since July 14, 2020, wherein 634 cases were recorded.
Meanwhile, active infections continued to dip and stood at 16,289 which accounts for 0.6 percent of the overall case count. Active cases a week ago on Nov. 22, stood at 18,721 which accounts for 0.7 percent of the overall case count.
Of the active cases recorded, 48.1 percent were mild, 23.82 percent were moderate, 15.6 percent were severe, 6.6 were critical and 6 percent were asymptomatic.
A total of 993 have recovered bringing total recoveries to 2,767,585 accounting for 97.7 percent of the total cases while 141 have died bringing the COVID-19 death toll to 48,501.
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III has said that minimum public health standards (MPHS) will not be eased like in Europe where COVID-19 cases have once again spiked after mask mandates were eased.
"Ayaw natin matulad dito. Hindi ko sinasabi mabuti nauna sila, ang sinasabi ko matuto tayo (We do not want that to happen to us. I'm not saying that it's a good thing that it happened to them first, what I'm saying is that we should learn from it)," he added.