DOH: Uptick in COVID cases 'not significant' to tighten restrictions

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="The Divisoria market in Manila on Sept. 12, 2022. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/news/03/28/20220912-divisoria-crowd-masks-jc3372.jpg"/><figcaption>The Divisoria market in Manila on Sept. 12, 2022. <em>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — A recent uptick in COVID-19 infections in the country is not enough to tighten measures anew to control the spread of coronavirus, the Department of Health said Tuesday.</p><p>An average of 207 COVID-19 cases per day were reported from March 21 to 27, DOH officer-in-charge Maria Rosario Vergeire said in a press briefing.</p><p>The country&#x27;s daily average of coronavirus infections was only 156 from March 14 to 20.</p><p>&quot;Nakikita natin may konting pagtaas sa... iba&#x27;t ibang lugar but it is not significant for us to say na kailangan na uli natin magkaroon ng restriction,&quot; she told reporters.</p><p>Vergeire described COVID-19 related admissions as manageable, while she said deaths due to the virus were kept at minimum.</p><p>As of March 26, some 307 cases or 8.4 percent of total COVID-19 admissions were in severe and critical condition, the DOH&#x27;s COVID-19 case bulletin showed.</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><p>&quot;As of now, this kind of increase and decrease in the number of cases expected &#x27;yan kasi the virus is still here,&quot; Vergeire said.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/27/23/doh-1298-covid-cases-60-deaths-recorded-in-past-week">Philippines adds 1,298 COVID-19 cases, 60 deaths in past week</a></li></ul><p>Based on the DOH&#x27;s COVID-19 Tracker, the Philippines has 8,626 active COVID-19 cases as of March 27.</p><p>Since the pandemic broke out in 2020, the country has recorded 4,080,410 coronavirus infections. The death toll stood at 66,342.</p><p>According to the National COVID-19 Vaccination Dashboard as of March 15, 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 4.3 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><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2515260" width="100%"></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><div style="text-align:center"><em><strong>Courtesy of DOH</strong></em></div>

A recent uptick in COVID-19 infections in the country is not enough to tighten measures anew to control the spread of coronavirus, the DOH said.

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DOH: Uptick in COVID cases 'not significant' to tighten restrictions

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