Active COVID-19 cases in Zambales jump to 4-month high | Inquirer News

Active COVID-19 cases in Zambales jump to 4-month high

/ 05:26 PM January 17, 2022

The COVID-19 bed occupancy rate of President Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Hospital, the main quarantine facility in Zambales, remains at a safe level despite the increase in COVID-19 patients in the province. (Photo by Joanna Rose Aglibot)

SAN ANTONIO, Zambales––At least 94 new cases of COVID-19 were logged on Sunday in this province, its highest single-day record in the last four months.

The latest data from the local task force showed that the new infections raised the number of active COVID-19 cases in the province to 369.

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Due to the virus surge, only one of the eight intensive care unit beds and four of the 29 ward beds at the Allied Care Experts Medical Center – Baypointe, Inc. inside the Subic Bay Freeport remained vacant. The hospital is one of the five quarantine hospitals in the province.

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Since 2020, Zambales has recorded 10,356 COVID-19 cases with 9,759 recoveries and 610 deaths.

The vaccination rollout in the province remained slow, with only 302,185 residents or 66.40-percent of the target population getting vaccinated fully against the viral disease.

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To achieve herd immunity against COVID-19, the province has to vaccinate 454,730 residents out of its 649,615-population. INQ

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