The country remains to be at moderate risk level for Covid-19 transmission with 22.2 percent case positivity rate, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said.
Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire also said that from the peak of admissions in January 22, total bed utilization rate has declined by 15 percentage points and is now classified as low risk at 37 percent utilization rate.
“Peak of admissions for the Omicron surge was seen on January 22. Thanks to high vaccination rates, this did not surpass the Delta peak,” Vergeire said in an online media forum.
Meanwhile, the national average daily cases last week were lower by 52 percent than cases during the previous week.
On Tuesday, the DOH logged 3,574 additional Covid-19 cases with 14,644 recoveries and 83 deaths. The total number of infections in the country already reached 3,619,633.
Daily positive cases are showing a slow decline, but cases in regions outside of National Capital Region are still high.
“We continue to closely monitor regions that are still at high risk in case transmission. These are regions 11,9,12,10,” Vergeire said.
