Philippines posts 6,346 new COVID-19 cases in past week
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines recorded 6,346 additional COVID-19 cases and verified 243 deaths in the past week, the Department of Health said Monday.
Cases averaged 907 a day from October 31 to November 6. The figure was 30% lower than the number of infections logged from a week before.
Of the new cases, only two had severe and critical illness.
There are currently 640 patients with severe and critical conditions. They represented 9.9% of the total COVID-19 admissions in the Philippines.
Data from the DOH showed that 20.6% of 2,437 beds in intensive care units across the country were utilized as of Sunday, while 24.3% of 21,181 non-ICU beds were occupied.
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The health department also verified 243 fatalities in the past week. Of those, only 28 deaths occurred from October 24 to November 6.
The DOH also verified 242 fatalities in the past week. Of those, 29 occurred from September 12 to 25.
More than 73.58 million Filipinos have completed vaccination against COVID-19. However, only 20.65 million have gotten booster shots.
Last week, the education and labor departments announced that wearing of face masks is no longer mandatory in schools and workplaces.
The DOH has been emphasizing that more layers of protection such as mask wearing, vaccination, distancing, and sanitation will help prevent the transmission of the virus that causes COVID-19. — Gaea Katreena Cabico
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