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HIGHLIGHTING the need to ensure more accurate case collection, validation and reporting, the Department of Health (DOH) has drawn the attention of 19 laboratories that did not submit their data on Sunday to the Covid-19 Data Repository System (CDRS).
“There were two new variables in his data field that [are] have difficulty completing due to lack of data provided by patients. We are already addressing it, ”Undersecretary of Health María Rosario Vergeire told BusinessMirror when asked why.
Previously, Vergeire said they are already imposing stricter guidelines on the submission of Covid-19 cases submitted by labs and other reporting units.
He reiterated that laboratories must submit timely case reports as this “is part of their licensing requirements.”
In its Covid-19 case bulletin at 4 p.m. on September 6, where the total number of infections in the country rose to 237,365, the DOH noted that only 96 of 115 current operating laboratories have submitted their data. A total of 2,839 confirmed cases were registered.
Nineteen laboratories that did not submit their data are:
1. AFRIMS- Collaborative Molecular Laboratory (VLUNA)
2. LA Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory
3. Amosup Sailors Hospital
4. Bohol Container PCR Laboratory
5. Bulacan Medical Center
6. Butuan Medical Center
7. Calamba Medical Center
8. Dr. José N. Rodríguez Memorial Hospital and Sanatorium (TALA)
9. Green City Medical Center
10. Ilocos Regional Medical Training Center (GX)
11. Marilao Medical and Diagnostic Clinic
12. Mary Mediatrix Medical Center
13. Philippine Red Cross
14. Philippine Red Cross – Clark Mol Lab (Pampang)
15. Philippine Red Cross – Logistics and training – Subic
16. Philippine Red Cross – Molecular Biology Laboratory
17. Philippine Red Cross – PLMC Laboratory
18. Philippine Red Cross – Port area
19. Safeguard DNA Diagnostics
Meanwhile, DOH reported a total of 23,074 recoveries as part of the agency’s “Oplan Recovery”. This brings the total number of recoveries to 184,687.
The Oplan Recovery “based on time and symptoms” is an initiative that DOH activated to monitor the status of confirmed deaths and recoveries from Covid-19. It marks a patient as recovered when certain conditions are met, even without repeating the RT-PCR test and is recommended by the Philippine College of Physicians and the Philippine Society of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.
The main regions with cases in the last two weeks were the National Capital Region (NCR) with 894 or 39 percent, Region 4A (594 or 26 percent) and Region 6 (225 or 10 percent).
85 deaths were recorded. The death toll stood at 3,875.
Of the 85 deaths, 29 occurred in September (34 percent), 33 in August (39 percent), 6 in July (7 percent), 3 in June (4 percent), 6 in May (7 percent) , 7 in April (8 percent) and 1 in March (1 percent).
The deaths were from NCR (41 or 48 percent), Region 7 (15 or 18 percent), Region 4A (9 or 11 percent), Region 8 (4 or 5 percent), Region 10 (4 or 5 percent). percent), Region 3 (2 or 2 percent), Region 5 (2 or 2 percent), Region 2 (1 or 1 percent), Region 6 (1 or 1 percent), Region 9 (1 or 1 percent) percent), Region 12 (1 or 1 percent), Region 4B (1 or 1 percent), Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (1 or 1 percent), Caraga (1 or 1 percent), and Unknown (1 or 1 percent).
