MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday said it recorded 1,088 COVID-19 infections from Oct. 22 to Oct. 29, lower than the previous week’s cases.
Based on the DOH’s latest weekly tally, the said infections translated to a daily average of 155, which is five percent lower than the 164 average cases recorded from Oct. 16 to 22, or a week’s total of 1,146 cases.
Ten of the total infections were also tagged as critical or severe.
On the other hand, 13 deaths were recorded by the DOH, all of which were recorded in the past two weeks.
Based on the DOH’s online COVID-19 tracker as of Oct. 31, the total deaths currently sit at 66,736.
Meanwhile, utilization of ICU beds dropped from 11.8 to 10.9 percent in the previous week, while the non-ICU bed utilization rate dropped from 16.9 percent to 15.9 percent.
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