Daily COVID infections up 16%
THE country’s daily average of new coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases increased by 9 percent from Feb. 6 to 12, the Department of Health (DOH) reported Monday.
In the latest DOH case bulletin, daily infections increased to 157 in the recent week from 145 infections from Jan. 30 to Feb. 5.
The DOH also reported 1,101 new cases and 98 verified deaths.
Of the additional deaths, six occurred from Jan. 30 to Feb. 12.
To date, the country has logged over 4.07 million coronavirus cases and more than 65,949 fatalities.
During the same week, no cases were added to the tally of severe and critical infections, which also went up to 426 from the previous week’s 388.
Only 13.9 percent or 311 out of the 2,243 intensive care unit (ICU) beds are in use, while 19.6 percent or 3,402 of 17,344 non-ICU beds are utilized.
About 73,860,103 or 94.57 percent of the country’s target population (78,100,578) are vaccinated against Covid-19, including 79.47 percent of 8,721,357 senior citizens, as of Feb. 12.
A total of 21,450,894 individuals have received booster shots out of the fully vaccinated population. Philippine News Agency
