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Daily average of new Covid-19 infections down by 16%
The Department of Health (DOH) recorded 1,012 new COVID-19 infections from January 30 to February 5, a decrease from the previous week's 1,206 cases.
This brings the daily average to 145 cases, a 16% drop from the prior week's average.
The number of severe or critical COVID-19 admissions has fallen to 388, with no new critical or severe cases reported.
However, 85 new deaths were added to the total toll of 65,851, with 11 of these occurring in the past two weeks and the rest being backlogs.
Despite the decrease in infections, the non-ICU bed utilization rate slightly increased to 19.6%, and ICU bed utilization rose to 14.2%.
The total COVID-19 caseload remains at 4,073,826, with 3,998,597 recoveries and 9,378 active cases as of February 5.
The DOH anticipates the arrival of bivalent COVID-19 vaccines by the end of March.
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