(File photo) MANILA - The Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday logged 168 new coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases, the country's lowest single-day infection count this year due to the failure of 24 laboratories to submit data. "Of the 168 reported cases today, 159 or 95 percent occurred within the recent 14 days - December 8 to 21, 2021. The top regions with cases in the recent two weeks were NCR (National Capital Region) with 47 or 30 percent, Region 4-A with 27 or 17 percent, and Region 6 with 16 or 10 percent," the DOH said in its daily Covid-19 bulletin. Tuesday's new infections brought the total case tally to 2,837,719. "We dropped 179 negatives after validation from the total case count while we only reported 168 new cases. Thus, the lower total case count today in comparison with yesterday," it added. "Moreover, 6 cases that were previously tagged as recoveries were reclassified as deaths after final validation". Meanwhile, the active