Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, March 22) — All regions in the country are at minimal risk for COVID-19 as infections slow down, the Department of Health said Tuesday.
“Pababa na po nang pababa ang mga kaso ng COVID sa lahat ng lugar sa ating bansa. Dahil dito lahat ng rehiyon natin ay nananatili sa minimal risk case classification at may low-risk health systems capacity,” said Health spokesperson Ma. Rosario Vergeire in a press briefing.
[Translation: COVID cases in all areas in the country continue to decline. Because of this, all regions in the country remain at minimal risk case classification and our health systems are at low-risk capacity.]
Vergeire noted there were 490 average daily cases in the country from March 15-21. This is 13% lower than the average of 564 daily cases recorded last March 8-14, she added.
Moreover, the DOH said hospital admissions of severe and critical patients have also declined to 805 from 1,874 cases in mid-January.
“Habang bumababa ang overall na bagong kaso ng COVID-19 at tumataas ang ating vaccination rates, bumababa naman ang kaso ng hospital admissions na may malubha at kritikal na karamdaman,” said Vergeire.
[Translation: While our overall new COVID-19 cases continue to decline and our vaccination rates improve, hospital admission of severe and critical cases also decrease.]
The DOH recorded 3,572 new COVID-19 cases and 655 deaths in the week of March 14 to 20.
According to DOH data, 70.29 million individuals have received their first dose; 65.17 million have completed their primary doses; and at least 11.53 million have so far received their booster shot.
