
The Department of Health (DOH) on Saturday, July 10, confirmed 5,675 new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) across the country.
The Philippines' running tally of cases is now at 1,467,119, of which, 49,968 or 3.4 percent are still active.
Deaths linked to COVID-19 climbed by 96 to 25,816. The case fatality rate is at 1.76 percent, the DOH said.
There were also 7,552 new recoveries. This brought the total of survivors to 1,391,335 or 94.8 percent of the country's overall tally.
DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire reminded the public not to be complacent amid the decline in daily reported cases.
“Pinapaalalahan natin ang ating mga kababayan, bagamat nationally pag tiningnan natin the parameters that we used, low risk ang nakalagay pero ang iba’t-ibang rehiyon ay nagpapakita ng pagtaas at pagtaas ng paggamit ng kanilang mga ospital (We are reminding our citizens, although our number of cases nationally is at low risk based on our parameters, some regions are still exhibiting an increase in cases and high utilization of their hospitals),” she said.
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Vergeire said that they observed high healthcare utilization rate in Davao Region, Western Visayas, Caraga, Soccsksargen (South Cotabato, Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani and General Santos City), and Bicol Region.
The Health official also encouraged the public to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
“Sa huling datos natin, we were able to vaccinate 12.9 million Filipinos and second dose nasa 4.8 percent na tayo ng populasyon na ating tinitingnan (In our latest data, we were able to vaccinate 12.9 million Filipinos and for the second dose, we are now 4.8 percent of the population we are targeting ),” she added.
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