Highest single-day increase so far in 2021: DOH confirmed 3,439 new Covid-19 cases for today, March 6, 2021

Today, March 6, the Department of Health (DOH) reported 3,439 new Covid-19 cases, the highest single-day increase so far in 2021.

Yesterday, March 5, DOH recorded 3,045 confirmed Covid-19 cases.

The total number of Covid-19 cases in the country has reached 591,138.

Of the total number, 43,323 are active cases, of which:

• 90 percent are mild;
• 5.6 percent are asymptomatic;
• 1.8 percent are critical;
• 1.8 percent are severe; and
• 0.75 percent are moderate.

There were also 42 deaths bringing the total Covid-19 deaths to 12,465.

There were also 160 new recoveries bringing the total to 535,350.

The DOH also reported that there were five duplicates, of which two were recoveries, that were removed from the total case count.

Meanwhile, there were 15 cases that were previously tagged as recoveries that were reclassified as deaths after final validation.