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Ph, NCR drop to ‘high risk’ for COVID-19- Duque
By Nidz Godino
“Bumaba po ang two-week growth rate to 176%…moderate risk classification iyon samantalang ang average daily attack rate or ADAR nasa 25.46,” Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said during pre-recorded Talk to the People classification of Philippines and Metro Manila was downgraded to “high risk” from critical risk for COVID-19 but the average daily attack rate (ADAR) remains high.
“Ito ay mataas pa rin dahil lampas po ito sa seven average daily cases per 100,000 population kaya classification is high risk,” Duque said.
Metro Manila, Duque said the classification shifted from critical to high risk as the two week growth rate went down from 7,225% to 65% but its ADAR is at 85.46%.
Duque also said NCR Plus areas are showing case decline while cases in the rest of Luzon areas are plateauing.
Aside from NCR, Mimaropa, BARMM, and SOCCSKSARGEN were classified as high risk.
Duque also reported regions at critical risk includes Bicol Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, Western Visayas, Davao Region, Cagayan Valley, Northern Mindanao, Zamboanga Peninsula, Ilocos Region, Caraga, Central Visayas, Eastern Visayas, Calabarzon and Central Luzon.
Duque also reported case trends in Visayas and Mindanao are increasing.
He asked local government units in the regions to address hospital utilization rates, monitor case hospital metrics, and ramp up vaccinations.
Based on government data, Duque said over 57 million Filipinos are fully vaccinated versus COVID-19, which is 73% of the country’s eligible population. Over 6.2 million Filipinos got their booster doses.
On Monday, January 24, 2022, Philippines reported 24,938 new COVID-19 cases, raising active tally to 262,997.
Of the active infections, 7,944 are asymptomatic; 250,235 are mild; 1,499 are severe; and 309 are in critical condition.
Philippines on Monday registered 24,938 new COVID-19 cases, raising Philippines’ total caseload to 3,442,056.
Active infections reached 262,997 of which 7,944 are asymptomatic; 250,235 are mild; 1,499 are severe; and 309 are in critical condition.
Of the cases reported today, DOH said 24,239 or 97% occurred within recent 14 days from January 11 to January 24.
The top regions with cases in the recent two weeks were National Capital Region with 3,610 or 15%, Region IV-A with 3,382 or 14%, and Region VII with 2,562 or 11%.
Total recoveries also rose to 3,125,540 after 35,461 more patients recovered from illness.
Death toll climbed to 53,519 with 47 new fatalities.
Of the 47 deaths, DOH said 43 occurred in January 2022, three in October 2021, and one in September 2021 due to late encoding of death information to its system.
Country’s positivity rate was at 40.6%. The total conducted COVID-19 tests were 59,896.
The DOH noted that 98 duplicates were removed from total case count, while 11 cases previously tagged as recoveries were reclassified as deaths after final validation.
The DOH said all laboratories were operational on January 22, while five labs were not able to submit their data.
Latest data from DOH also showed that 51% of country’s intensive care unit beds are utilized, while 25% of the mechanical ventilators are also in use.
In Metro Manila, 47% of the ICU beds are utilized, while 27% of the ventilators are in use.
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