PHILIPPINE health authorities expect a spike in coronavirus infections during the holidays in the absence of restrictions.
Daily infections could hit 1,114 to 2,294 by the end of December, while active cases could reach 18,000, the Department of Health said on Tuesday.
Edsel Maurice T. Salvaña, a member of DoH’s technical advisory group, told the same forum coronavirus deaths would remain low as long as vaccination and boosting rates are pushed. The agency said 526 or 21.6% of 2,430 intensive care unit beds were in use, while 5,169 or 25.2% of 20,508 non-ICU beds were occupied.
DoH said 73.59 million Filipinos have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, while 20.72 million people have received booster shots. OCTA also expects a significant increase in severe and critical cases, though hospital use rate was unlikely to exceed 30%, he added. The WHO earlier said global weekly coronavirus cases dropped by 5% on Nov. 14 to 20 from a week earlier, with more than 2.4 million new cases reported. Weekly deaths fell by 13% to 7,800.
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