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Philippines records 7,572 new COVID cases, 186 deaths in past week

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Churchgoers attend the traditional dawn mass or Simbang Gabi at the Baclaran Church in Pasay City on Dec. 16, 2022. This marks the start of the nine-day dawn masses before Christmas observed by the Catholic church. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/12/19/20221216-baclaran-simbang-gabi-jc-1858.jpg"/><figcaption>Churchgoers attend the traditional dawn mass or Simbang Gabi at the Baclaran Church in Pasay City on Dec. 16, 2022. This marks the start of the nine-day dawn masses before Christmas observed by the Catholic church. <em>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — The Philippines tallied 7,572 additional COVID-19 cases in the past week, the Department of Health said Monday. </p><p>From December 5 to 11 , an average of 1,082 daily infections were recorded in the country, which is 9 percent lower <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/12/22/ph-covid-19-cases-in-past-week-up-7-pct">compared to the previous week</a>.</p><p>Of the new infections during the week, 7 or 0.09 percent were severe and critical, according to DOH&#x27;s latest bulletin.</p><p>As of Sunday, 592 or 10.4 percent of COVID-19 admissions were in severe and critical condition, the agency said.</p><p>At least 509 or 20.4 percent of 2,501 intensive care unit beds for COVID-19 patients were occupied. The non-ICU bed utilization rate was at 22.5 percent.</p><p>During the past week, the DOH has also verified 186 more COVID-related fatalities, citing late encoding of death information.</p><div><strong>The deaths occurred in the following months:</strong></div><ul>	<li>44 in December 2022</li>	<li>71 in November 2022</li>	<li>32 in October 2022</li>	<li>17 in September 2022</li>	<li>3 in February 2022</li>	<li>4 in January 2022</li>	<li>1 in November 2021</li>	<li>2 in October 2021</li>	<li>2 in September 2021</li>	<li>4 in August 2021</li>	<li>1 in July 2021</li>	<li>1 in May 2021</li>	<li>1 in April 2021</li>	<li>1 in March 2021</li>	<li>1 in August 2020</li>	<li>1 in July 2020</li></ul><p>As of Dec. 18, the Philippines has 17,900 active COVID-19 cases.</p><p>Since the country began its vaccination drive in March 2021, some 73.7 million people or 94.38 percent have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.</p><p>Of the figure, some 21 million have received their first boosters while 3.7 million have gotten their 2nd boosters.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/19/22/nearly-half-of-health-workers-yet-to-get-2nd-booster-doh">Nearly half of health workers yet to get second COVID booster - DOH</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=2385539" 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>

The Philippines tallied 7,572 additional COVID-19 cases in the past week, the Department of Health said Monday. 