OCTA: Average daily Covid-19 deaths in PH down to 12

The seven-day average of daily Covid-19 deaths in the Philippines has decreased from 38 to 12, an OCTA Research fellow said on Friday, Nov. 25.

“The seven-day average as of Nov. 21 is 12, down from 38 on Oct. 21, 2022,” said OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David in a tweet.

According to the expert, the peak of the seven-day average was 267 which was recorded on Aug. 22 in the present year amid the surge of infections which was caused by the Delta variant of Covid-19.

“Among the 64,524 Covid-19 reported deaths in the Philippines, 42,260 or 65.5 percent occurred in 2021. So far in 2022, there have been 13,105 reported Covid-19 deaths or 20 percent of the total,” David furthered.

Latest data from the Department of Health’s Covid-19 tracker, a total of 4,029,201 cases have already been recorded in the country as of Nov. 24. Of this number, 17,393 are active while 3,947,284 have recovered.