A total of 913 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in the Philippines from February 27 to March 5, 2023, data from the Department of Health showed Monday.
The recent daily case average also increased by 10% from the previous 119 to 130.
Additionally, 56 additional verified COVID-19-related deaths were belatedly recorded by the DOH from November 2020 to February 2023. Of these deaths, 10 occurred in February 2023, one in March 2022, five in February 2022, seven in January 2022, one in December 2021, five in October 2021, five in September 2021, five in August 2021, one in July 2021, one in June 2021, five in May 2021, five in April 2021, three in March 2021, and one each in February 2021, and in November 2020.Vaccination, hospital updates
The number of fully vaccinated Filipinos against COVID-19 remained at 73.8 million, covering 94.61% of the government’s target population. At least 6.9 million senior citizens, or 79.49% of the target A2 population have also received their primary vaccine series.The DOH’s recent data also showed that 395 severe and critical cases are currently admitted in hospitals due to COVID-19 as of March 5. This was 10.9% of the total COVID-19 admissions.At least 260 or 13.3% of the 1,978 intensive care unit beds were also used, while 2,840 or 16.8% of the 16,871 non-ICU COVID-19 beds were occupied.
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