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MANILA – The country’s daily average of new coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases decreased by 19 percent from Feb. 13 to 19, the Department of Health (DOH) reported Monday.
In the latest DOH case bulletin, daily infections decreased to 128 in the recent week from 157 infections from Feb. 6 to 12.
The DOH also reported 895 new cases and 74 verified deaths.
Of the additional deaths, four occurred from Feb. 6 to 19.
To date, the country has logged over 4.07 million coronavirus cases and more than 66,021 fatalities.
During the same week, three cases were added to the tally of severe and critical infections, which also went up to 406 from the previous week’s 426.
Only 14.9 percent or 311 out of the 2,085 intensive care unit (ICU) beds are in use, while 18.8 percent or 3,202 of 17,045 non-ICU beds are utilized.
About 73,873,958 or 94.59 percent of the country’s target population (78,100,578) are vaccinated against Covid-19, including 79.48 percent of 8,721,357 senior citizens, as of Feb. 19.
A total of 21,500,083 individuals have received booster shots out of the fully vaccinated population. (PNA)
