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MANILA – The country’s daily average of new Covid-19 cases declined by 23 percent from July 10 to 16, the Department of Health (DOH) reported Monday.
In its latest case bulletin, the agency recorded 277 daily infections, a decline of 82 cases from the 359 recorded between July 3 to 9.
A total of 1,938 new cases were recorded in the recent week.
The tally of severe and critical infections also decreased to 324 from the previous week’s 382.
No deaths were verified during the past week.
Only 10.4 percent or 234 out of the 2,246 intensive care unit (ICU) beds are in use, while 16 percent or 2,506 of 17,583 non-ICU beds are utilized.
At least 78,443,972 or 100.4 percent of the country’s target population (78,100,578) have been vaccinated against Covid-19, including 82.16 percent of 8,721,357 senior citizens, as of March 19.
A total of 23,811,248 have received booster shots out of the fully vaccinated population.
To date, the country has logged 4,170,233 coronavirus cases with 5,681 active cases, 4,098,042 recoveries and 66,510 deaths since January 2020. (PNA)
