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Philippines adds 1,298 COVID-19 cases, 60 deaths in past week

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Filipino Muslims walk from the Marikina Islamic Grand Mosque on March 23, 2023 after praying at the start holy month of Ramadan. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/life/03/27/20230323-noon-time-prayer-ramadan-mt-2023-6.jpg"/><figcaption>Filipino Muslims walk from the Marikina Islamic Grand Mosque on March 23, 2023 after praying at the start holy month of Ramadan. <em>Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA<strong> (UPDATED)</strong> — The Philippines recorded 1,298 COVID-19 cases in the past week, the Department of Health said Monday.</p><p>From March 20 to 26, an average of 185 daily infections were logged in the country, which is 11 percent higher compared to the <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/20/23/doh-1171-covid-19-cases-63-deaths-logged-in-past-week">previous week</a>.</p><p>This is the highest number of weekly cases in 9 weeks, or since the week of January 16 to 22, when the DOH logged 1,890 cases, based on data from the ABS-CBN Investigative and Research Group.</p><p>Of the new infections during the week, 10 cases were considered severe or critical, according to the DOH&#x27;s latest bulletin.</p><p>As of Sunday, 307 cases or 8.4 percent of total COVID-19 admissions were in severe and critical condition, the agency said.</p><p>At least 285 or 14 percent of intensive care unit beds for COVID patients were occupied. The non-ICU bed utilization rate was at 16.5 percent.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/03/24/23/raccoon-dog-data-sparks-new-debate-about-covid-origins">Raccoon dog data sparks new debate about Covid origins</a></li></ul><p>During the past week, the DOH also verified 60 more COVID-related fatalities, citing late encoding of death information.</p><p>This is 5 percent lower or fewer by 3 deaths compared to the 63 deaths logged last week, ABS-CBN IRG also said.</p><div><strong>The deaths occurred in the following months:</strong></div><ul>	<li><strong>1 occurred in November 2022</strong></li>	<li>1 in October 2022</li>	<li>1 in March 2022</li>	<li>5 in February 2022</li>	<li>8 in January 2022</li>	<li>1 in December 2021</li>	<li>2 in November 2021</li>	<li>10 in October 2021</li>	<li>3 in September 2021</li>	<li>11 in August 2021</li>	<li>2 in July 2021</li>	<li>2 in June 2021</li>	<li>2 in May 2021</li>	<li>3 in April 2021</li>	<li>3 in March 2021</li>	<li>1 in February 2021</li>	<li>1 in November 2020</li>	<li>1 in October 2020</li>	<li>1 in August 2020</li>	<li>1 in June 2020</li></ul><p>Based on the DOH&#x27;s COVID-19 Tracker, the Philippines has 8,611 active COVID-19 cases as of March 26.</p><p>Since the pandemic broke out in 2020, the country has logged 4,080,199 coronavirus infections. The death toll stood at 66,332.</p><p>According to the National COVID-19 Vaccination Dashboard, more than 79.1 million Filipinos are fully vaccinated against the virus.</p><p>The tally showed 24.1 million people had received their first boosters while 4.5 million had gotten their second boosters.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/21/23/doh-711-new-cases-of-omicron-subvariants-detected">Philippines detects 711 new cases of omicron subvariants</a></li></ul><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BhL4zmb1-L4?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

The Philippines recorded 1,298 COVID-19 cases in the past week, the Department of Health said Monday.