VACCINATION. The government is firm on the implementation of its vaccine program against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). The Department of Health said at least 78.44 million individuals have received their shots, with around 23.81 million given their booster shots. (PNA file photo)
MANILA – The country’s daily average for new coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases went up by 2 percent from Aug. 21 to 27, the Department of Health (DOH) reported Tuesday.
In its latest case bulletin, the agency recorded 114 daily infections, a case higher than the 113 cases recorded in the previous seven days.
From Aug. 21 to Aug. 27, a total of 801 new cases were recorded, it said.
The tally of severe and critical infections decreased to 240 from 242 cases from Aug. 14 to 20.
About six deaths that occured between August 14 to 27 were verified.
Only 10.3 percent of the intensive care unit (ICU) beds, or 179 out of the 1,740, are in use, while 12.7 percent, or 1,926 of 15,192, non-ICU beds were utilized as of August 25.
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.
"Due to ongoing migration of the Vaccine Information Management System by the Department of Information and Communications Technology, the DOH-EB [Epidemiology Bureau] will not be able to generate updated vaccine accomplishment until said migration has been resolved," the DOH said.
"Rest assured that any data submitted or edited through the VIMS application are still accepted and duly processed,” it added.
To date, the country has logged 4,110,104 Covid cases, with 2,645 active cases, 4,040,797 recoveries, and 66,662 deaths since January 2020. (PNA)
