The Department of Health (DOH) Tuesday reported a total of 21,664 new recoveries from the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), pushing the country’s total recovery count to 809,959 or 85 percent of all infections.
In its daily Covid-19 bulletin, the DOH reported 7,379 new infections, bringing the country’s active cases to 127,006 or 13.3 percent of a total of 953,106 cases since the beginning of the pandemic.
Of the active cases, it said the majority at 96.9 percent have mild symptoms, followed by the asymptomatic at 1.3 percent, those with severe symptoms at 0.7 percent, those in critical condition at 0.6 percent, and those with moderate symptoms at 0.48 percent.
It also reported 93 new deaths caused by Covid-19, with the country’s total casualties now at 16,141.
Meanwhile, it said the National Capital Region’s (NCR) 700 beds at intensive care units (ICU) are at 84 percent occupancy, its 3,800 isolation beds at 61 percent occupancy, its 2,200 ward beds at 70 percent occupancy, and its ventilators are at 61 percent utilization.
For the whole country, there are 1,900 beds at ICUs at 67 percent occupancy, 13,600 isolation beds at 49 percent occupancy, 6,000 ward beds at 56 percent occupancy, and 2,000 ventilators at 46 percent utilization. (PNA)
