MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines recorded 17,145 additional COVID-19 cases from August 29 to September 4, the Department of Health said Monday.
Cases averaged 2,448 a day in the past week. The figure was 10% lower than the number of cases logged from a week before.
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COVID-19 cases in Visayas are on a plateau, while infections in Mindanao are showing signs of plateauing, the DOH earlier said. Other areas are "on a slow downward trend."
The agency also verified 354 fatalities last week. Of those, 108 deaths occurred from August 22 to September 4.
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According to the DOH, 40 of the new cases had severe and critical illness.
A total of 768 patients were in severe and critical conditions, representing 10.1% of total COVID-19 admissions in the country.
The department said severe and critical cases are decreasing slowly.
Latest data showed that 23.5% of 2,529 beds in intensive care units were occupied, and 30.9% of non-ICU beds were used.
Over 72.6 million Filipinos have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. However, only 18.2 million people have received their first booster dose, while 2.3 million have received their second booster. — Gaea Katreena Cabico