“Yes, we confirm that the number or percentage of severe and critical infections had been noted to be increasing for these past weeks,” Vergeire said at a press conference. READ:
The DOH on Monday reported there were 811 severe and critical cases admitted to hospitals as of Sunday, August 21, representing 9.7% of the total COVID-19 admissions.
But the Philippines on Tuesday logged 1,735 new COVID-19 cases, the lowest daily tally since 1,604 were recorded on July 13.Based on the latest data from the DOH, the active tally also went down to 31,542 from 33,774 on Monday. The new infections brought the nationwide caseload to 3,860,537. “It is still 800 plus—-we are just in that trend. Although, we do not want to underestimate that number because we do really see that there is an increase in severe and critical cases,” she added.
The one-week growth rate of COVID-19 cases in the Philippines also declined to minus-14% from the -2% the previous week, OCTA fellow Dr. Guido David said on Tuesday. He also noted that the country’s reproduction number was now less than one at 0.97, as of August 19, a decrease from the 1.07 reproduction number logged on August 12.
The region’s healthcare utilization rate was “stable” at 37%, he added. The NCR’s intensive care unit occupancy was at 31%.
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