The Tala Hospital in Caloocan City is seeing a "slight" decline in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) admission, an official of the hospital said Wednesday, Jan. 19.
"Medyo maluwag na ho kami ngayon, two weeks ago medyo mataas ho yung aming admission rate per day, nasa 25 to 30 admissions. Sa ngayon, nasa 15 to 20 na lang per day (Our admissions have slightly declined. Two weeks ago, our admission rate was a bit high, at 25 to 30 admissions daily. Right now, it's only 15 to 20 per day)," Dr. Alfonso Famaran, Tala Hospital director, said in an interview over TeleRadyo.
Famaran added that the number of healthcare workers infected with COVID-19 has also decreased.
"Dati umabot kami ng 600. Ngayon 298 na lang po (We used to reach about 600. Now it's only 298)," he noted.
As of Wednesday, Famaran said 261 of its 520 COVID-19 beds are currently occupied.
He also noted that of its 274 COVID-19 patients, 246 are moderate cases, eight are severe, and seven are critical.
" 45 percent are fully vaccinated, three percent are partially vaccinated three percent, 52 are not vaccinated," Famaran sain in a mix of Filipino and English.