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PH's new COVID-19 cases drop below 900

Published Mar 2, 2022 03:53 pm

The country's new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Wednesday, March 2 goes below 900, based on the Department of Health's (DOH) latest case bulletin.

A passenger (C) sits inside a tricycle covered with a reminder to wear a mask, part of the Covid-19 health protocols, in Manila on February 16, 2022. Ted ALJIBE / AFP

DOH reported 866 new COVID-19 cases bringing the total number to 3,663,920. Active cases stood at 50,827 or 1.4 percent of the total number of cases.

Among the active cases, 45,862 are mild; 2,776 are moderate; 1,417 are severe; 474 are asymptomatic; while 298 are in critical condition.

DOH said that of the 866 reported cases reported, 757 or 87 percent occurred within the recent 14 days from Feb. 17 to March 2.

The top regions with cases in the recent two weeks were Metro Manila with 176 or 23 percent, Region 6 with 119 or 16 percent and Region 3 with 82 or 11 percent.

DOH said that all labs were operational on Feb. 28. However, 8 labs were not able to submit their data to the COVID-19 Document Repository System (CDRS).

The agency also reported 1,622 new recoveries bringing the total number to 3,556,589 or 97.1 percent of the total number of cases while 53 more have died from COVID-19 bringing the death toll to 56,504 or 1.54 of the total number of cases.

On the other hand, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III in a statement, thanked the over 63 million Filipinos who have believed and trusted in COVID-19 vaccines as the country marked the milestones of the Resbakuna program on Tuesday, March 1.

"I would also like to extend my gratitude to the national government agencies, local government units, civil society organizations, and development partners who took part in making all these possible," he said.

To our friends in the private sector, volunteers, and the media, the DOH truly appreciates the magnanimous efforts you have put in to make the program all the more successful. All of these further prove that vaccines and booster shots are still our best long-term solution in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic," he added.

Metro Manila as well as 38 other areas, will be placed under Alert Level 1 from March 1 to 15.

To date, data from the National Vaccination Operations Center (NVOC) show that 93 percent of healthcare workers, 62.82 percent of our senior citizens, and 92 percent of people with comorbidities have been fully vaccinated, respectively.

As part of this feat, the country has also begun the vaccination of children aged 5 to 11 years old with more than 700,000 children receiving their first COVID-19 doses.

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