The daily case average for the recent week also went down to 172 from the previous 270. This was a 36% lower tally than last week.
However, 74 additional verified COVID-19-related deaths were belatedly recorded by the DOH from September 2020 to January 2023. Of these deaths, eight occurred in January 2023, 19 in December 2022, six in November 2022, one in March 2022, five in February 2022, four in January 2022, one in November 2021, four in October 2021, nine in September 2021, three in August 2021, three in July 2021, five in June 2021, one in May 2021, one in April 2021, one in February 2021, one in January 2021, one in December 2020, and one in September 2020.
Vaccination, hospital updates Further, at least 73.8 million Filipinos, or 94.54% of the government’s target population are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to DOH.The number of boosted individuals also increased to 21.3 million, of whom 50,474 were boosted in the same period. Meanwhile, at least 6.9 million senior citizens, or 79.47% of the target A2 population have also received their primary vaccine series. Data also showed that there were 456 severe and critical cases admitted in hospitals due to COVID-19 as of January 29. This was 9.5% of the total COVID-19 admissions. Of the new cases recorded in the recent week, there was only one patient tagged as a new severe or critical case. DOH said this was only 0.08% of the new cases reported for the week. At least 330 or 14.0% of the 2,359 intensive care unit beds were also used, while 3,606 or 19.5% of the 18,467 non-ICU COVID-19 beds were occupied. Last week, DOH officer-in-charge Maria Rosario Vergeire said that hospital admissions in the country have become manageable with COVID-19
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