Philippines’ Manila There have been 1,264 new COVID-19 cases reported in the last week, according to a Department of Health report released on Tuesday.
The DOH stated in a bulletin that from October 2 to October 8, an average of 181 cases were reported every day. When compared to the cases recorded between September 25 and October 1, the agency saw that this average was 3% higher.
Twelve of the extra cases had serious and life-threatening conditions.
Of all COVID-19 admissions in the nation, 272 patients were in severe or critical situations, making up 9% of the total.
As of Monday, there were 3,062 active COVID-19 cases in the Philippines. Since the COVID-19 epidemic began in 2020, at than 4 million Filipinos had recovered.
Only 12.2% of the 1,524 beds in intensive care units and 18.4% of the 12,496 non-ICU beds were occupied, according to department of health figures.
Six deaths in the last week were confirmed by the DOH, one of which happened in the previous two weeks. 66,702 people died in the Philippines as a result of COVID-19.
The coronavirus vaccine has been administered to more than 78 million Filipinos. But only 23 million people have received booster doses.
