MANILA – The country’s daily average of new coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases increased by 10 percent from Feb. 27 to March 5, the Department of Health (DOH) reported Monday.
In the latest DOH case bulletin, daily infections increased to 130 in the recent week from 119 infections from Feb. 20 to 26.
From Feb. 27 to March 5, the DOH also reported 913 new cases and 56 verified deaths.
Of the additional deaths, six occurred from Feb. 20 to March 5.
To date, the country has logged over 4.08 million coronavirus cases and more than 66,153 fatalities.
During the same week, the tally of severe and critical infections also went up to 395 from the previous week’s 370.
Only 13.3 percent or 263 out of the 1,978 intensive care unit (ICU) beds are in use, while 16.8 percent or 2,840 of 16,871 non-ICU beds were utilized.
At least 73,889,558 or 94.61 percent of the country’s target population (78,100,578) are vaccinated against Covid-19, including 79.49 percent of 8,721,357 senior citizens, as of March 5.
A total of 21,577,728 individuals have received booster shots out of the fully vaccinated population. (PNA)
