Daily average Philippine COVID deaths down to 12 —OCTA

The COVID-19 deaths in the Philippines dropped to an average of 12 per day, according to independent group OCTA research on Friday.

In a tweet, OCTA research fellow Dr. Guido David the seven day average of COVID-19 deaths dropped from 38 on October 21, to 12 on November 21.

Guido said the highest seven-day average of deaths recorded was 267 on August 22, 2021 during the Delta surge.

He said that among the 64,524 Covid-19 deaths reported in the Philippines, 42,260 or 65.5 occurred in 2021.

The OCTA fellow said at least 13,105 reported COVID-19 deaths or 20% of the total have been recorded in 2022.

On Thursday, the Philippines recorded 1,141 new COVID-19 cases, while the active tally increased to 17,393, according to the Department of Health (DOH).

The nationwide COVID-19 tally is now 4,029,201, as the number of active cases increased from 17,049 on Wednesday. —LBG, GMA Integrated News