DOH logs 1,101 new COVID-19 cases from Feb. 6–12, 2023
The Philippines registered 1,101 new COVID-19 infections from February 6 to February 12, 2023, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Monday.
Based on the DOH’s latest bulletin, the number of cases in the recent week went up by 9% compared to the 1,012 coronavirus infections logged from January 30 to February 5, 2023.
The daily case average likewise increased to 157 from the 145 recorded a week before.
Latest data from the DOH also showed a total of 98 additional verified COVID-19-related deaths were belatedly recorded by the agency. These deaths were registered from August 2020 to February 2023. Six occurred between January 31 and February 12.
“Of the 98 deaths, 6 occurred in February 2023, 17 in January 2023, 3 in December 2022, 7 in November 2022, 1 in October 2022, 3 in March 2022, 6 in February 2022, 11 in January 2022, 1 in December 2021, 5 in November 2021, 5 in October 2021, 7 in September 2021, 5 in August 2021, 2 in July 2021, 6 in June 2021, 1 in May 2021, 5 in April 2021, 3 in February 2021, 1 in December 2020, 1 in October 2020, and 2 in August 2020,” the agency reported.
Hospitals, vaccination updates
Meanwhile, more than 73 million Filipinos, or 94.57% 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 million, it added.
At least 6.9 million senior citizens or 79.47% of the target A2 population have also received their primary vaccine series.
Further, the DOH reported that the number of severe and critical cases admitted in hospitals due to COVID-19 declined to 426 or 13.9% of the total COVID-19 admissions.
Of the recent cases, two individuals were tagged as new severe or critical cases.
A total of 311 out of the 2,243 intensive care unit (ICU) beds nationwide were occupied while 17,344 non-ICU COVID-19 beds were also in use. — Sundy Locus/BM, GMA Integrated News
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