Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 30) — The Philippine General Hospital in Manila is seeing a “steady” rise in COVID-related admissions in the last five days, its spokesman confirmed to CNN Philippines on Thursday.
From only 30 patients on Dec. 25, the COVID-19 referral center now has 71, Dr. Jonas del Rosario said.
“Over the last (five) days, there was a steady increase in admissions. About (six to eight) per day,” Del Rosario said when asked if the tertiary state-owned hospital has recorded an uptick in admissions.
The national capital region logged an average of 215 infections per day from Dec. 23 to 29, up from the daily case average of just 79 recorded from Dec. 16 to 22, according to OCTA Research.
For Dec. 30 alone, the region had 1,092 new cases, OCTA Research fellow Guido David said.
Metro Manila’s healthcare utilization rate remains low at 19%.
