Average daily COVID-19 cases slightly up in Ilocos region

FILE PHOTO: A COVID-19 vaccination tent is set up by a team from the Mariano Marcos Memorial Hospital and Medical Center in front of the Immaculate Conception Parish in Batac City, Ilocos Norte, on Easter Sunday, April 17, 2022. (Photo courtesy of MMMH&MC)

LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte — The number of daily average COVID-19 cases in the Ilocos region slightly rose between June 5 and 11, data from the regional Department of Health (DOH) showed Monday.

At least 28 new COVID-19 cases were added to the regional tally last week, increasing the average case count by 75 percent, or four cases a day, compared with the two average daily cases reported from May 29 to June 4, the DOH said.

The average daily attack rate – or the average number of new cases during a period out of every 100,000 individuals – was below one in all of the provinces in the region, according to the DOH COVID-19 tracker.

The healthcare utilization rate in the region remained at a “safe” level, with data showing that at least 42, or 18 percent of the 230 ICU (intensive care unit) beds dedicated to COVID-19 patients, are in use.

At least 158 of the 1,577 non-ICU beds are occupied, accounting for 10 percent.

Only one COVID-19 patient is being treated as a severe and critical case in a hospital in the region.

The same data showed that from June 5-11, the DOH also verified at least 94 deaths due to COVID-19.

Records from the DOH also showed that at least 85 percent of the over 4.3 million target individuals had already been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, with 825,734 receiving their booster shots already. INQ

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