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COVID-19 cases up by 53 percent: health dept

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Commuters queue at the Monumento station of the EDSA Bus Carousel in Caloocan City on June 13, 2022. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/06/27/20220613-edsa-bus-carousel-md-6.jpg"/><figcaption>Commuters queue at the Monumento station of the EDSA Bus Carousel in Caloocan City on June 13, 2022. <em>Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA<strong> (UPDATED)</strong> - The Philippines&#x27; COVID-19 cases rose by more than half in the last 7 days, while the number of patients with serious conditions also increased, the Department of Health (DOH) said Monday.</p><p>From June 20 to 26, the country recorded 4,634 new COVID-19 cases or an average of 662 per day, the DOH said in its latest bulletin. The agency said this was 53 percent higher than the 3,051 <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/20/22/ph-reports-82-pct-more-covid-cases" target="_blank">infections</a> logged from June 13 to 19. </p><p>Out of the latest weekly tally of infections, 14 were severe and critical.</p><p>As of Sunday, a total of 591 or 10.7 percent of COVID-19 patients in hospitals were in severe and critical condition. The figure is higher than the previous week&#x27;s 554 severe and critical patients, who comprised 10.2 percent of COVID-19 hospital admissions at the time.</p><p>Some 391 or 14.9 percent of 2,628 intensive care unit (ICU) beds for COVID-19 patients were occupied as of Sunday, according to the DOH.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/26/22/highest-since-march-6-ph-logs-848-new-covid-19-cases">Highest since March 6: PH logs 848 new COVID-19 cases; 11 new deaths</a></li></ul><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/w-ct1aXyY0E?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><p>During the past week, the DOH said it verified 51 COVID-related fatalities, citing late encoding of death information. The deaths occurred in the following months:</p><ul>	<li>2 occurred in February 2022</li>	<li>4 in January 2022</li>	<li>3 in November 2021</li>	<li>1 in October 2021</li>	<li>8 in September 2021</li>	<li>8 in August 2021</li>	<li>3 in July 2021</li>	<li>5 in June 2021</li>	<li>3 in May 2021</li>	<li>8 in April 2021</li>	<li>5 in March 2021</li>	<li>1 in February 2021</li></ul><p>The total number of COVID-19 related deaths is at 60,518.</p><div><strong>DAILY NEW CASES HIGHEST SINCE MARCH</strong></div><p>Meanwhile, the Philippines recorded 867 new COVID-19 cases Monday.</p><p>This is the highest daily tally since March 6, or in over three months, according to ABS-CBN Data Analytics Team head Edson Guido. </p><p>As of Monday, the number of people currently positive for the coronavirus stood at 7,087. This is the highest number of active cases since April 30. </p><p>The country&#x27;s total confirmed cases climbed to 3,701,743.</p><p>Of the new cases, 434 are from Metro Manila.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">BREAKING: DOH reports 867 new cases today, the highest daily tally in over three months or since March 6.<br/><br/>NCR with 434 new cases today.<br/><br/>The number of active cases has breached 7,000 and is the highest since April 30.<br/><br/>The positivity rate on June 26 is at 5.7%. <a href="https://t.co/5hbDfDWq2L">pic.twitter.com/5hbDfDWq2L</a></p>— Edson C. Guido (@EdsonCGuido) <a href="https://twitter.com/EdsonCGuido/status/1541371887435288576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 27, 2022</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Guido also said the positivity rate for Metro Manila from June 19 to 25 is at 5.9 percent.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">LOOK: NCR weekly positivity rate<br/><br/>May 1 to 7 = 1.3%<br/>May 8 to 14 = 1.2%<br/>May 15 to 21 = 1.2%<br/>May 22 to 28 = 1.4%<br/>May 29 to June 4 = 1.5%<br/>June 5 to 11 = 2.4%<br/>June 12 to 18 = 3.9%<br/>June 19 to 25 = 5.9%<br/><br/>For the one-day positivity rate on June 26, it&#x27;s at 7.5%.</p>— Edson C. Guido (@EdsonCGuido) <a href="https://twitter.com/EdsonCGuido/status/1541390522451116032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 27, 2022</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>The DOH earlier warned that active cases could reach 7,500 by the second half of July if compliance with minimum health protocols declines and booster uptake remains low.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/23/22/doh-active-covid-cases-in-ph-could-rise-to-7500-next-month">DOH: Active COVID cases in PH could rise to 7,500 next month</a></li></ul><p>The Philippine Genome Center has detected 16 more cases of highly transmissible omicron subvariants BA.5 and BA.2.12.1, the DOH said Wednesday.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/15/22/philippines-detects-more-omicron-subvariant-cases">Philippines detects more omicron BA.5, BA.2.12.1 subvariant cases</a></li></ul><p>Some 70 million people have been fully vaccinated against the respiratory disease, of whom 14.9 million have received their booster shots.</p><div class="infogram-embed" data-id="_/AVrvthCAQzJlpBi36CK6" data-title="Weekly COVID-19 cases in the PH" data-type="interactive"> </div><script type="text/javascript">!function(e,i,n,s){var t='InfogramEmbeds',d=e.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];if(window[t]&&window[t].initialized)window[t].process&&window[t].process();else if(!e.getElementById(n)){var o=e.createElement('script');o.async=1,o.id=n,o.src='https://e.infogram.com/js/dist/embed-loader-min.js',d.parentNode.insertBefore(o,d)}}(document,0,'infogram-async');</script><p>Authorities continue to remind the public to follow minimum health protocols, especially wearing of face masks.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><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=2091424" 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 class="infogram-embed" data-id="_/AVrvthCAQzJlpBi36CK6" data-title="Weekly COVID-19 cases in the PH" data-type="interactive"> </div><script type="text/javascript">!function(e,i,n,s){var t='InfogramEmbeds',d=e.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];if(window[t]&&window[t].initialized)window[t].process&&window[t].process();else if(!e.getElementById(n)){var o=e.createElement('script');o.async=1,o.id=n,o.src='https://e.infogram.com/js/dist/embed-loader-min.js',d.parentNode.insertBefore(o,d)}}(document,0,'infogram-async');</script>

The Philippines' COVID-19 cases rose by more than half in the last 7 days, while patients with serious conditions also increased, the DOH said.