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Philippines logs 1,171 new COVID-19 cases from March 13–19, 2023
The Philippines recorded 1,171 new COVID-19 infections from March 13 to 19, a daily average of 167 cases, marking a 19 percent increase from the previous week.
Six new severe or critical cases were added, bringing the total active admissions for severe or critical COVID-19 to 368.
The Department of Health verified 63 more COVID-related fatalities, noting that these were due to late encoding of death information spanning from January 2021 to March 2022.
As of March 20, the country has 9,223 active COVID-19 cases.
The total COVID-19 caseload has reached 4,079,056, with 66,278 deaths since the pandemic began.
Utilization rates for both ICU and non-ICU beds for COVID patients were 13.3 percent and 17 percent, respectively.
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