The Department of Health (DOH) reported on Monday, April 24, a total of 3,148 new Covid-19 cases that were recorded in the past week.
In its weekly case bulletin, DOH said that the daily average cases are currently at 450 which is 32 percent higher than the cases on April 10 to April 16.
DOH recorded 14 more individuals tagged under severe and critical cases. Currently, there are 345 severe and critical admissions which is 8.7 percent of total Covid-19 admissions.
On the other hand, 275 out of 2,010 or 13.7 percent of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds are being used, while 2,980 out of 17,152 or 17.4 percent of non-ICU beds are being utilized.
Meanwhile, DOH also verified five more deaths due to Covid-19 during the past week. It mentioned that no deaths occurred from April 10 to April 23.
Of the 5 deaths, one occurred in August 2021, one in July 2021, one in May 2021, one in April 2021, and one in September 2020.
In terms of Covid-19 vaccination, DOH stated that due to ongoing migration of the Vaccine Information Management System (VIMS) by the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), the DOH-Epidemiology Bureau will not be able to generate updated vaccine accomplishment until said migration has been resolved.