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(File photo) MANILA - People infected with Covid-19 in the National Capital Region (NCR) are 60 percent less likely to be hospitalized compared to those in other areas due to the high vaccination rate in the region, a health official said Tuesday. In an online media briefing, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire noted that Covid-19 cases in Metro Manila surged during the holidays but most of them were not hospitalized. Vergeire said decoupling is being observed in the NCR - a situation where an increase in infections does not translate to the same increase in the proportion of severe and critical cases. "Dahil sa mataas na (Because of high) vaccination rate in the NCR, we are seeing two types of Covid-19 patients admitted in our hospitals - the patients admitted for Covid-19 and cases of incidental Covid-19)," she said. Patients admitted for Covid-19 are individuals who tested positive for the disease upon admission while incidental Covid-19 cases are those who were a ....

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