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Hospital bed occupancy in NCR up by 41% —OCTA
By GISELLE OMBAY,GMA NewsThe hospital bed occupancy for COVID-19 in the National Capital Region (NCR) has increased to 41% compared to the previous week, the OCTA Research group reported on Sunday.
In a tweet, OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David showed that the number of occupied hospital beds for COVID-19 patients in NCR rose from 1,381 on December 24 to 1,942 on December 31.
Likewise, the intensive care unit (ICU) occupancy increased by 37% from 231 to 316 within the same period.
According to the Department of Health’s (DOH) latest bulletin
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“Both are considered to be very low at this time,” David noted, stressing that the critical level threshold is at 70% occupancy.
About 24% of the 3,700 ward beds and 4% of the 1,000 ventilators were also utilized in the NCR.
Meanwhile, for the whole country, 20% of 3,500 ICU beds and 22% of the 18,700 isolation beds were in use.
13% of the 12,100 ward beds and 11% of the 2,900 ventilators were also utilized.
The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases has placed the National Capital Region under Alert Level 3 from January 3 to 15, 2022, following the sharp increase in new COVID-19 cases.
On Saturday, the Philippines recorded 3,617 new COVID-19 infections at the start of the New Year, bringing the active case count to 17,374. —LBG, GMA News