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Covid-19 cases in the country rose to 362,243 after 1,509 newly confirmed infections were recorded on Wednesday.
Of the confirmed cases, 43,990 (12.1 percent) are active cases, 311,506 (86.0 percent) have recovered, and 6,747 (1.9 percent) have died.
There were 911 recoveries and 60 deaths recorded as of 4 p.m. on October 21.
DOH said the top regions with cases in the past two weeks were the National Capital Region (NCR) with 320 or 24 percent, Region 4A (297 or 22 percent) and Region 6 (129 or 10 percent). hundred).
This brings the total number of recoveries to 311,506.
The DOH said that of the 42,191 active cases recorded on Oct. 19, the majority of the patients had mild symptoms (35,041; 83.1 percent) while 1,501 patients were in critical condition (3.6 percent).
Meanwhile, the use of hospital beds for Covid-19 patients has remained relatively stable in recent weeks.
DOH data showed that 41 percent or 9,037 beds were occupied from 21,869 as of October 19.
For the beds in the intensive critical unit (ICU), 48 percent or 894 of the 1,879 beds are occupied; 35 percent or 2,298 of the 6,512 ward beds are currently being used; and 43 percent 5,845 occupied isolation beds out of 13,478.
“The number of confirmed serious and critical cases may not necessarily correspond to the occupancy of ICU beds and mechanical ventilators, as suspected and probable cases in serious or critical conditions also use these resources,” said DOH.
