The Philippines recorded 3,458 new COVID-19 infections from December 26, 2022, to January 1, 2023, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Monday.
According to the DOH's latest bulletin, the number of cases logged over the past week was 39% lower than the 5,690 cases recorded from December 19 to December 25.The past week is the ninth week with fewer than 10,000 weekly cases.
Latest data from the DOH also showed a total of 164 additional verified COVID-19-related deaths were belatedly recorded by the agency. These deaths were registered from August 2020 to December 2022.
Meanwhile, the DOH also said that the severe and critical cases admitted in hospitals due to COVID-19 declined to 433 as of January 3. This was 16.2% of the total COVID-19 admissions, according to DOH. Of the new cases recorded from December 26, 2022, to January 1, 2023, three individuals were tagged as new severe or critical cases.
Of the 2,155 intensive care unit beds, 350 or 16.2% were occupied. Meanwhile, 3,110 or 16.9% of the 18,412 non-ICU COVID-19 beds were in use.Further, at least 73.7 million Filipinos or 94.46% of the government’s target population are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to DOH.Meanwhile, at least 6.9 million senior citizens, or 79.45% of the target A2 population have also received their primary vaccine series.
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