Philippines logs 3,574 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday (Feb 8), lowest daily spike in 2022

A child receives her first dose of Pfizer coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine as a turtle hand puppet is used to entertain her, during the vaccine rollout for children aged 5-11, at a mall in Taguig City, Metro Manila, Philippines, February 7, 2022. - Reuters

MANILA, Feb 8 (Xinhua): The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported 3,574 new Covid-19 infections on Tuesday, pushing the number of confirmed cases in the South-East Asian country to 3,619,633.

The DOH said 83 more people died from Covid-19 complications, bringing the country's death toll to 54,621. The number of active cases dropped to 105,550 as the country's positivity rate fell to 16.3 percent.