Philippines records 8,004 new COVID cases, 93 deaths in past week

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Creative rendition of SARS-CoV-2, displaying 3D prints of virus particles (colorized blue and teal; the blue virus surface is covered with teal spike proteins that enable the virus to enter and infect human cells), and a background image that is a colorized scanning electron micrograph of a cell infected with the omicron strain of the virus (blue). Note: not to scale. NIAID" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/tvpatrol/11/21/sars-cov.jpg"/><figcaption>Creative rendition of SARS-CoV-2, displaying 3D prints of virus particles (colorized blue and teal; the blue virus surface is covered with teal spike proteins that enable the virus to enter and infect human cells), and a background image that is a colorized scanning electron micrograph of a cell infected with the omicron strain of the virus (blue). Note: not to scale. <em>NIAID</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA (<strong>UPDATE</strong>) — The Philippines logged 8,004 additional COVID-19 cases in the past week and 938 new infections on Monday, the Department of Health said.</p><p>Of the 4,026,895 total infections recorded in the country since the start of the pandemic, 18,179 are active as of Monday.</p><p>The death toll was up by nine to 64,485, while total recoveries stood at 3,994,231.</p><p>For the week of Nov. 14-20, an average of 1,143 daily infections were recorded in the country, which is 12 percent lower compared to the previous week.</p><p>It is the fourth straight week that weekly cases counted fewer than 10,000, the ABS-CBN Investigative and Research Group said.</p><p>Of the new infections that week, two or 0.03 percent were severe and critical, according to DOH&#x27;s latest bulletin.</p><p>As of Sunday, 568 or 9.4 percent of COVID-19 admissions were in severe and critical condition, the agency said.</p><p>At least 493 or 20.9 percent of 2,358 intensive care unit beds for COVID-19 patients were occupied. The non-ICU bed utilization rate was at 23.1 percent.</p><p>During the same week, the DOH has also verified 93 more COVID-related fatalities, citing late encoding of death information. The deaths occurred in the following months:</p><ul>	<li>- 28 in November 2022</li>	<li>- 1 in October 2022</li>	<li>- 1 in March 2022</li>	<li>- 4 in February 2022</li>	<li>- 10 in January 2022</li>	<li>- 1 in December 2021</li>	<li>- 8 in October 2021</li>	<li>- 14 in September 2021</li>	<li>- 7 in August 2021</li>	<li>- 2 in July 2021</li>	<li>- 2 in June 2021</li>	<li>- 5 in May 2021 </li>	<li>- 4 in April 2021</li>	<li>- 4 in March 2021</li>	<li>- 1 in February 2021</li>	<li>- 1 in September 2020</li></ul><p>The ABS-CBN IRG said the number of deaths that week is the lowest in 15 weeks, or since the week of Aug.1-7 when 80 were recorded.</p><p>It is also the first time in 15 weeks that the weekly deaths are below 100. In the weeks of Aug. 8 to Nov. 13, reported deaths per week ranged form 113 to 354, the research group said.</p><p>As of Nov. 20, some 73.7 million people in the country are already fully vaccinated against the respiratory disease, the DOH said.</p><p>Of the figure, around 20.8 million have received their first boosters.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/21/22/p156-billion-worth-of-covid-shots-wasted-doh">Over 31 million COVID-19 vaccine doses worth P15.6 billion wasted - DOH</a></li></ul><p>To boost the country&#x27;s vaccination coverage, the DOH will conduct a two-day special COVID-19 inoculation drive next month.</p><p>Dubbed &quot;Bakunahang Bayan II,&quot; the special vaccination days will run from Dec. 5 to 7 and will target children ages 5 to 11.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/18/22/bakunahang-bayan-ii-targets-5-11-years-first-boosters">Bakunahang Bayan II slated in December; targets 5-11 years, first boosters</a></li></ul><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=2348536" 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>

(UPDATE) The Philippines logged 8,004 additional COVID-19 cases in the past week and 938 new infections on Monday, the Department of Health said.

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Philippines records 8,004 new COVID cases, 93 deaths in past week

Philippines records 8,004 new COVID cases, 93 deaths in past week

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