Philippines now 'high risk' for COVID-19 — DOH

People visit a park in Quezon City, east of Manila on New Year's Day on January 1, 2022.

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MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines was again deemed as “high risk” for COVID-19, the Department of Health said Monday, following a continued increase in infections.

“Nationally, we are now at high risk case classification from low risk case classification in the previous week, showing a positive two-week growth rate of 222% and moderate risk average daily attack rate of 1.07 cases for every 100,000 individuals,” DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said in a briefing.

Despite the increase in cases, the healthcare utilization rate across the country remained at low risk, with only 18% of the total beds utilized. Meanwhile, 22% percent of beds in intensive care units were occupied.

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