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The DOH has reported an additional 9,266 Covid-19 recovered patients as of Monday, April 19.

PH Covid-19 Recoveries Up By 9,266

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Another 9,266 patients have recovered from the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), the Department of Health (DOH) reported on Monday.

This brings the country’s recovery tally to 788,322 or 83.4 percent of a total of 945,745 Covid-19 infections.

The agency also reported 9,628 new infections, bringing the country’s active Covid-19 cases to 141,375.

Out of the active cases, 96.9 percent have mild symptoms, followed by the asymptomatic at 1.5 percent, those with severe symptoms at 0.7 percent, those in critical condition at 0.5 percent, and those with moderate symptoms at 0.43 percent.

An additional 88 deaths were reported, raising the country’s total Covid-19 casualties to 16,048.

The utilization rate of Covid-19 beds remains high in the National Capital Region (NCR) — with the region’s 700 intensive care unit (ICU) beds at 84 percent occupancy, 3,800 isolation beds at 63 percent occupancy, 2,200 ward beds at 70 percent occupancy, and ventilators at 61 percent occupancy.

Meanwhile, 66 percent of 1,900 ICU beds, 49 percent of 13,600 isolation beds, 56 percent of 6,000 ward beds and 47 percent of 2,000 ventilators are currently in use nationwide. (PNA)