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Philippines lists 8,900 new COVID-19 cases

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Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Navotas senior citizens along with their companions receive the single-dose Johnson &amp; Johnson COVID-19 vaccine on July 27, 2021, under the local government" s="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/news/07/28/20210727-covid-vaccine-navotas-md-2272.jpg" vax=""/><figcaption>Navotas senior citizens along with their companions receive the single-dose Johnson &amp; Johnson COVID-19 vaccine on July 27, 2021, under the local government&#x27;s &quot;Vax 1, Take 1&quot; inoculation drive. <em>Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News/File</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA <strong>(UPDATE)</strong> - The Philippines on Monday listed 8,900 new COVID-19 cases, pushing the total number of people in the country who have contracted the disease to 1,667,714.</p><p>Active cases stood at 78,480, or 4.7 percent of the total recorded infections. Almost all, or 96.1 percent are mild and asymptomatic.</p><p>&quot;The number of active cases is the highest since April 24,&quot; ABS-CBN Data Analytics head Edson Guido said.</p><p>&quot;The 21.3 percent positivity rate is the highest since April 10,&quot; he added.</p><p>The day&#x27;s number of additional COVID-19 cases is the lowest in 4 days, or since Aug. 5, when the DOH logged 8,127 new cases, the ABS-CBN Investigative and Research Group (IRG) said.</p><p>Meanwhile, those who recovered from the disease increased by 7,937 to 1,560,106, while the COVID-19 death toll rose by six to 29,128, data from the Department of Health (DOH) showed.<br/> <br/>&quot;This is the first time in more than 4 months that the number of fatalities announced is in the single digits,&quot; ABS-CBN&#x27;s IRG said.</p><p>In its statement, the DOH noted that &quot;4 cases that were previously tagged as recoveries were reclassified as deaths after final validation.&quot;</p><p>&quot;All labs were operational on August 7, 2021 and all labs were able to submit their data to their COVID-19 Document Repository System (CDRS),&quot; it added.</p><p>The new data comes as the Philippines&#x27; risk classification again climbed to high from moderate after the growth rate of coronavirus cases in the country increased to 42 percent in the past two weeks.</p><p>&quot;Nationally, our case classification is now at high-risk,&quot; Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said in an online press briefing earlier in the day.</p><p>From July 26 to Aug. 8, 2021, the country&#x27;s average daily attack rate (ADAR) per 100,000 population is at 7.20, she added.</p><p>ADAR is the number of new cases over a 2-week period, divided by the population.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/09/21/philippines-now-high-risk-for-covid-19-doh">Philippines now &#x27;high-risk&#x27; for COVID-19: DOH</a></li></ul><p>The DOH also confirmed that COVID-19 cases increased by 59 percent across all age groups.</p><p>&quot;The highest increase was observed among the 30-39 age group and lowest among those 80 years old and above during the same period,&quot; the agency said in a statement.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/09/21/covid-19-cases-up-59-pct-across-all-age-groups-doh">COVID-19 cases increased by 59 pct across all age groups: DOH</a></li></ul><p>According to the latest case bulletin, 65 percent of intensive care unit (ICU) beds for COVID-19 cases in the country are used up, as well as 55 percent of isolation beds, and 56 percent of ward beds.</p><p>Utilization rate for ventilators is at 47 percent nationwide, and 50 percent in Metro Manila. </p><p>Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said he was in favor of including teens and children in the national government&#x27;s COVID-19 vaccination program as new cases continue to swell due to the Delta variant.</p><p>&quot;Supply permitting, I wouldn’t mind that we should already start vaccinating children, for as long as first, we prioritize which among the children. Those with comorbidities, of course let’s vaccinate them,&quot; he told ANC&#x27;s Headstart.</p><p>&quot;I would support it, supply permitting,&quot; Duque reiterated.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/09/21/duque-backs-vaccination-of-minors-vs-covid-19">Duque backs vaccination of minors vs COVID-19</a></li></ul><p>So far, Pfizer&#x27;s candidate COVID-19 vaccine is the only brand approved by the Philippines Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use on minors as young as 12 years old.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/08/21/fda-oks-use-of-pfizers-covid-19-vaccine-for-12-17-years-old">FDA OKs use of Pfizer&#x27;s COVID-19 vaccine for 12-17 years old</a></li></ul><p>The Philippine General Hospital earlier said that it has 6 pediatric patients seen to have &quot;very serious&quot; infection.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/05/21/newborn-7-other-kids-admitted-for-covid-19-at-pgh">Newborn, 7 other kids admitted for COVID-19 at PGH: spokesman</a></li></ul><p>Since it began its COVID-19 vaccination program in March this year, the Philippines has been inoculating medical workers, senior citizens, persons with comorbidities, essential workers and indigent adults.</p><p>Due to the lack of supply, minors are yet to be included in the government&#x27;s priority recipients of COVID-19 vaccines.</p><p>As of Sunday, 11,391,969 individuals in the country are fully inoculated against COVID-19, according to data from the national government.</p><p>Some 13 million first doses have also been administered.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/09/21/some-11m-filipinos-fully-vaccinated-vs-covid-19-govt">Some 11 million Filipinos fully vaccinated vs COVID-19: gov&#x27;t</a></li></ul><div class="infogram-embed" data-id="_/yFVE69R1WlSdqY3aCsBF" data-title="COVID-19 VACCINE TRACKER 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><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=1743727" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

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