Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 10) — The Department of Health on Friday said 48.5% of all hospitals in the country reported no admissions of COVID-19 patients in the last five days.
Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said 598 out of the 1,232 health facilities in the country did not receive patients seeking COVID-19 treatment from Dec. 5 to 9.
Several hospitals have been taking to social media to share the good news over the past few days. Health workers now have more time to tend to non-COVID patients.
The country and majority of the regions are currently under minimal risk case classification. Metro Manila, the country’s capital region, is the latest to downgrade from low to minimal risk as its average daily attack rate from Nov. 28 to Dec. 9 dropped to below one at 0.87 for every 100,000 people.
