Record daily COVID-19 case due to ”enhanced surveillance and increased testing capacity”: DOH

August 12, 2020

The Department of Health ( DOH)  said late Tuesday the record daily coronavirus disease (COVID-19) case of 6, 958  is due to "enhanced surveillance and increased testing capacity.''

This means ''we can now detect more cases more quickly," said the DOH.

"The rise in cases is also a signal that the practice of minimum health standards should be strengthened," added the DOH.

For its part, the Philippine College of Physicians (PCP) said if  COVID-19 cases in the country continues to rise in the coming weeks.

"We can even expect to see more cases tomorrow or even later because we are not yet seeing everything," said PCP president Mario Panaligan in a television interview.

He added that the effect of the modified enhanced community quarantine, imposed by the government last August 4 until August 18, cannot be seen yet.

"Secondly, we must remember that we still have some backlogs. Thirdly, these cases may also be from the incubation period and are just making consultations now," said Panaligan. DMS