The Department of Health (DOH) has logged 1,674 new Covid-19 cases from April 11 to 17, having an average daily rate of 239 which is 12 percent lower compared to the recorded cases from April 4 to 10.
Of the said cases, DOH said only one individual was classified as a severe and critical case of Covid-19.
Meanwhile, the health department said there are still over 66 million individuals fully inoculated against Covid-19 in the country. It barely moved.
It noted that the said number is only 74.28 percent of the target population.
The DOH said 12.6 million individuals have received their booster shots.
On the other hand, the number of vaccinated senior citizens remains the same, 6.6 million.
Earlier, World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) representative to the Philippines Dr. Rajendra Yadav local executives in areas with low inoculation rates must step up to vaccinate more people in their respective areas.
According to the WHO representative, the country has reached “around 60 percent vaccination if we take the total population as a denominator.”
Yadav said that over 70 percent of vaccination must be attained in order to “create adequate herd immunity.”