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MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday said it recorded 1,340 COVID-19 infections from November 28 to December 4, slightly higher than the cases recorded the previous week.
Based on the DOH’s latest weekly tally, the total infections translated to a daily average of 191, or 10 percent higher than November 21 to 27 cases of 174 where 1,218 infections had been recorded.
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Eleven of the new infections were tagged as critical or severe, with the total of such admissions currently at 253.
On the other hand, no additional deaths were added in the country’s COVID-19 death toll.
Meanwhile, utilization of ICU beds rose from 11.4 to 11.6 percent, while non-ICU bed utilization slightly decreased from 17.7 to 17.5 percent.