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Metro hospital capacity shrinking amid spike
Health authorities are concerned about Metro Manila's weakening hospital capacity to treat patients amid a fresh surge in coronavirus infections.
Intensive care unit (ICU) beds in the region have only 34% availability, while 52% of approximately 7,000 ward beds for COVID-19 patients are occupied.
Several hospitals in the National Capital Region are now at moderate to high-risk levels concerning healthcare use.
Almost 80% of hospital beds in Quezon City, Makati, and Taguig are already occupied.
Health Undersecretary Leopoldo Vega stated that the country's health sector is better equipped to handle the spike in infections compared to last year.
He also emphasized the need to increase hospital capacity in Metro Manila.
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