Palace admits Metro Manila healthcare capacity on 'critical warning'

COVID-19 patients pictured inside the chapel of Quezon City General Hospital on Aug. 19, 2021. The STAR / Michael Varcas

MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang on Monday admitted that the hospital bed usage in the National Capital Region was already on "critical warning" status. 

This comes just a week after Dr. Edsel Salvaña, an adviser of the national government's coronavirus task force, claimed that "right now we are still able to get people in [hospitals]" as he pushed aside the criticisms over the administration’s response.

Metro Manila's intensive care units bed utilization rates stand at 72% of the total estimated 1,400 total beds in the region as it currently stands. 

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