PH daily average of new COVID cases down by 5% as of Aug. 11

Three years into the pandemic, Filipino commuters at the EDSA Bus Carousel in Nepa Q-Mart station in Cubao, Quezon City still wear their face masks as protection against COVID-19 and other diseases (PNA photo by Joey O. Razon)

By Ma. Teresa Montemayor | Philippine News Agency

The country’s daily average of new COVID-19 cases declined by 5% from Aug. 7 to 13, the Department of Health (DOH) reported Monday.

In its latest case bulletin, the agency recorded 132 daily infections, a decline of eight cases from the 140 recorded between Aug. 1 to 6.

From Aug. 7 to Aug. 13, a total of 924 new cases were recorded.

The tally of severe and critical infections also decreased to 238 from the 315 cases from Aug. 1 to 6.

About 20 deaths were verified with 14 recorded from July 31 to Aug. 13.

Only 10.5 percent or 184 out of the 1,750 intensive care unit (ICU) beds are in use, while 14.4 percent or 2,214 of 15,425 non-ICU beds were utilized.

At least 78,443,972 or 100.4% 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 4,108,469 COVID-19 cases, with 3,189 active cases, 4,038,634 recoveries, and 66,646 deaths since January 2020.

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