Confirmed COVID-19 cases nationwide continued to go up as DOH reported on Monday that last week’s average daily new infections increased by 32 percent, reaching 450 cases compared to 341 in the previous week. CDNDigital READ:
Of the 3,148 people who tested positive for the virus based on laboratory swab tests last week, 14 were either seriously or critically ill.
The DOH reported that 13.7 percent of COVID-19 intensive care unit beds and 17.4 percent of non-ICU beds were occupied. According to the department, the IATF merely maintained the alert level 2 status of the 26 provinces that had been in effect since June last year.“No province or city has been escalated to alert level 2 from alert level 1 since January [this year],” it said.
As of April 23, only 66.86 percent of Ifugao’s target general population and 71.30 percent of its senior citizen population target were inoculated, she told the Inquirer in a phone interview. In Benguet, those vaccinated accounted for 73.53 percent of its general population and 61.01 percent of its elderly population target.
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