THE Department of Health reported 4,600 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday, the highest since October 24, 2021 when 5,279 cases were logged.
The positivity rate reached 19.6 percent in the 26,122 tests conducted. Two laboratories were not operational last December 31, while nine others failed to submit their data to the Covid-19 Document Repository System.
The country's todal Covid-19 cases now stands at 2,851,931.
There are 21,418 active cases, of which 76.6 percent or 16,413 are either mild or asymptomatic, 3,081 are moderate, 1,589 are severe and 335 are critical.
The DoH reported 25 new deaths for a total of 51,570. There were 535 new recoveries.
Hospital bed utilization in the National Capital Region (NCR) rose to 27 percent for intensive care unit (ICU) beds, 23 percent for isolation beds, and 26 percent for ward beds.
However, hospital utilization rates at the national level are slightly better at 22, 20, and 14 percent respectively for ICU beds, isolation beds, and ward beds.
FROM: MANILATIMES.NET
