CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - The city government on Tuesday announced the recovery and eventual discharge from confinement of 144 coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) patients from different hospitals here.
In an online briefer. Dr. Ted Yu Jr, city health office (CHO) medical officer, said three of the discharged patients were from the Northern Mindanao Medical Center (NMMC); and one from a Covid-19 facility in San Simon village, which is also under the supervision of NMMC.
The rest of the 140 patients were discharged from different infirmaries.
With the huge single-day recovery of patients, Yu said Covid-19 cases admitted in hospitals decreased to 642 from 786.
"In the different hospitals, the discharging process has been fast because most of the cases are mild," Yu said.
Mayor Oscar Moreno commended the effort of the hospitals and expressed hope that the reduction in admitted patients will have a big impact on the city's total bed utilization rate for Covid-19 cases.
"It's good to hear that the total admitted (Covid-19 cases) has gone down considerably, especially in hospitals where most of the cases are mild to moderate cases. That's good news, he said.
Yu said the city's current total bed utilization rate is at 51.89 percent, noting a minimal decrease from the previous report of 52.64 percent.
He noted that the Covid-19 average daily attack rate (ADAR) has had no movement for the past two days and remained at 28.84 percent; as well as on the two-week growth rate that also remained at 20 percent.
CHO data showed that 519 positive cases from the total admitted patients in hospitals are city residents, while 123 cases are non-Cagayan de Oro residents.
The 123 non-city residents are composed of 83 positive cases from Misamis Oriental, 34 from Bukidnon, two from Lanao del Norte and one case respectively from Iligan City, Camiguin, Butuan City and Lanao del Sur.
Meanwhile, the city government also reported 110 new detected Covid-19 cases, which is lower than the past few days average of 300 new cases.
Since the start of the pandemic in March 2020, the city has recorded a cumulative 24,953 total Covid-19 cases, 20,647 recoveries, 3,410 active cases, 896 deaths. (PNA)
