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MANILA, Philippines — The latest biosurveillance report of the Department of Health (DOH) found 814 infections of various subvariants of Omicron across the country.
The number was based on the 850 samples that underwent genome sequencing at Baguio General Hospital Medical Center (BGHMC) and the University of the Philippines – Philippine Genome Center (UP-PGC) from June 30 to July 7.
Of the total, 785 infections were classified as part of the XBB Omicron subvariant, of which 65 belonged to the XBB.1.5 sublineage, 206 XBB.1.16, 135 XBB.1.9.1, 35 XBB 1.9.2, 254 XBB.2.3 and 90 cases tagged as “other XBB sublineages.
On the other hand, 20 other detections were classified as BA.2.3.20, and one belonging to the BA.2.75 subvariant.
One other was a case of the XBC subvariant, while seven fell under the “other sublineages” category.
Meanwhile, 36 other infections had no assigned lineage.
The XBB subvariant remains to be the most dominant strain accounting for a total of 6,541 cases recorded.
As of July 11, the country has a COVID-19 caseload of 4,168,437, including 4,095,791 recoveries, 66,494 deaths, and 6,152 active infections.
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