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MANILA - The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday reported that the daily average Covid-19 cases of 239 from April 4 to 10 is 12 percent lower than the new infections prior to the week in review. In its latest case bulletin, the DOH said there are 1,674 new cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in the recent week. For the same period, there was only one case added to the tally of severe and critical infections which went down to 664. Only 16.9 percent or 4,164 out of the 24,645 intensive care unit (ICU) beds in the country are used while 15.8 percent or 450 of 2,842 non-ICU beds are...

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(Infographic courtesy of DOH) MANILA - The number of daily coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases this year dropped to another record low, with only 2,010 new infections reported on Tuesday. This is the second straight day the country has recorded less than 3,000 fresh infections, after Monday's 2,730 infections. Active cases also dropped to 72,305 from Monday's 76,609. In its Covid-19 bulletin, the Department of Health (DOH) said of the active cases, 66,093 have mild symptoms, followed by those with moderate symptoms at 2,961, the asymptomatic at 1,498, those with severe symptoms a...

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - The Department of Health - Northern Mindanao (DOH-10) on Thursday advised local government units (LGUs) in the region to visit their far-flung areas and launch mobile vaccination missions. In an online briefer, Dr. Jose Llacuna Jr., DOH-10 director, made the suggestion in response to Department of the Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Ano's statement stressing that most of the unvaccinated individuals are residents from hinterland communities. Llacuna, however, acknowledged the initiative of most of the LGUs where they provide transportation for resident...

PROTECTION. A young vaccinee is comforted by her guardian as she receives her Covid-19 jab in Las Pinas on Friday (Oct. 22, 2021). The average daily jabs administered in the last seven days stood at 454,764 doses.(PNA photo by Avito Dalan) MANILA - The national government will be ramping up vaccination strategies by involving the private sector in achieving population protection as soon as possible. The "vax to the max" strategy will be the main focus of the government along with the private sector, National Task Force (NTF) against Covid-19 chief Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said in...