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PH sees below 5K new COVID-19 cases for 4th straight day

Published Feb 11, 2022 04:11 pm

Shoppers flock to bargain stores along Ilaya Street in Divisoria, Binondo, Manila, on Oct. 14, 2021. (Photo by Ali Vicoy)

The country continues to see less than 5,000 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases daily, based on the latest data from the Department of Health (DOH).

Based on the new case bulletin, another 3,788 more infections were found on Friday— the fourth consecutive day that the number of new cases fell below 5,000. This was also the 11th straight day that the daily infections were less than 10,000.

Most of the new cases were detected in Metro Manila, Western Visayas, and Davao region.

The running total of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Philippines stood at 3,630,637. Of the total, 2.5 percent or 91,147 are active cases.

Majority of the currently sick patients or 83,145 have mild symptoms. Meanwhile, 3,261 are asymptomatic, 2,986 are in moderate condition, 1,443 are severe, and 312 are critical.

Ninety-six percent of the country's case count have already recovered. Since 2020, the number of recoveries was at 3,484,636. There were 5,652 new recoveries logged on Friday.

DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that vaccination has been playing a vital role in the continuing decline in cases.

“Vaccines work. The country’s steady decline in new COVID-19 cases, low risk national health systems capacity, and overall low to moderate risk case classification, can be attributed to high vaccination rates,” she said during a media forum on Friday.

Deaths

However, 54,854 individuals already died amid the country’s ongoing fight against COVID-19. Seventy-two new deaths were logged by the DOH on Friday.

“Itinuturing pa ding pinakamataas ang case fatality or deaths percentage ng COVID cases sa mga senior citizens dahil sa kanilang mga comorbidities (The case fatality or death percentage in COVID cases remain the highest among senior citizens due to their comorbidities),” said Vergeire.

The DOH also observed a rise in case fatality in children below five-years-old, said Vergeire.

“Kung ating susuriin ating pediatric age groups, ang mga kabataan edad limang taon pababa ang may pinakamataas na bilang ng namamatay o case fatality mula March 2021 hanggang January 2022 maliban na lamang sa December 2021 (If we look at our pediatric age groups, young people aged five-years-old and below have the highest number of deaths or case fatality from March 2021 to January 2022 except for December 2021),” she said.

“Pinakamataas ang naitalang case fatality rate noong Nobyembre kung saan tumama ito sa 1.47 percent (The highest recorded case fatality rate was in November where it hit 1.47 percent),” she added.

Vergeire said “there are no vaccines yet for children less than five years old. We have the responsibility to protect them and the most vulnerable by getting vaccinated.”

“We call on the public and everyone eligible for vaccination, mula limang taon pataas (those five-years-old and above), please get primary series and boosters if you are already eligible as soon as possible to protect those who cannot be vaccinated,” she said.

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