Philippines logs 6,630 new COVID-19 cases from June 5–11, 2023

The Philippines registered 6,630 fresh COVID-19 infections from June 5 to June 11, 2023, the lowest weekly tally of new cases in six weeks.

According to the Department of Health (DOH) weekly bulletin, the daily case average for the recent week is at 947, compared to the average daily 1,301 infections monitored from May 22 to June 4.

Latest data also showed a total of 112 cases this week were tagged as critical and severe, the highest in 66 reporting weeks, according to GMA Integrated News Research. This also marked the sixth straight week of at least 50 severe new cases.

Meanwhile, five COVID-19-related deaths were belatedly reported by the DOH: four last month and one in March.

No fatality was reported from May 29 to June 11.

The health agency said 527 severe and critical cases were admitted to hospitals as of June 11. This accounts for the 11.3% of the total coronavirus admission.

Out of 2,134 intensive care unit (ICU) beds for coronavirus patients, 377 or 17.7% are occupied, the lowest in five weeks, while 3,493 or 19.5% of the total 17,922 non-ICU beds were in use.

Vaccination updates

As for COVID-19 vaccination, the DOH said it would still not be able to generate the latest numbers “due to the ongoing migration of the Vaccine Information Management System (VIMS) by the DICT (Department Of Information And Communications Technology).”

As of March 19, 78.4 million Filipinos were already fully vaccinated against COVID-19, covering 100.4% of the government’s target population.

At least 7.1 million senior citizens, or 82.16% of the target A2 population, have also received their primary vaccine series.

Meanwhile, 23.8 million individuals have received their booster shots. — Sundy Locus/BM, GMA Integrated News