There are nearly 100,000 active COVID-19 cases in the Philippines after 8,773 new cases of infection were recorded in the Philippines this Thursday. This is the highest number of virus infections in the country.
Based on data from the Department of Health (DOH), there are still six laboratories that failed to submit their data yesterday.
In total, there have been 693,048 recorded cases of COVID-19 in the Philippines. Of the said number, 99,891 are active cases or continuing to be treated.
New COVID-19 cases this Thursday surpassed the previous all-time high of 8,019 infections on Monday.
Of the new COVID-19 cases, 95 percent were “mild,” three percent were “asymptomatic,” 0.8 percent were “severe,” and 0.8 percent were “critical condition.”
A total of 574 patients were cured for a total of 580,062. Meanwhile, the total number of deaths was 13,095 after an increase of 56.
According to the DOH, 36 duplicate cases were removed from the total case count, and seven patients previously listed as cured were transferred to the ranks of the deceased after the final validation.
Meanwhile, the Department of Health (DOH) said Thursday that the country’s stock of drugs remdesivir and tocilizumab used for COVID-19 patients is running low due to the continuous increase of cases.
8,773 new all-time high daily new COVID-19 cases in PH
DOH, however, promised P5 million additional funding for hospitals to restock the said COVID-19 medicine supply.
“The current stocks of remdesivir and tocilizumab are running low. The remaining supplies being used by select hospitals are donations from the WHO (World Health Organization),” it told reporters.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) allowed the use of remdesivir and tocilizumab for COVID-19 patients through a compassionate use permit.
The drugs must also have emergency use authorization from the FDA and a positive recommendation from the Health Technology Assessment Council before the government could buy them.
Meanwhile, stocks of dexamethasone are currently sufficient.
The occupancy rate of the intensive care units (ICUs) of hospitals in Metro Manila has reached a critical level, a group conducting studies on COVID-19 data in the country said Thursday.
According to the OCTA Research Group, ICUs for COVID-19 patients are 70 percent full as the number of cases in the capital region continues to rise.
Based on the group’s record on Wednesday, hospital bed occupancy of patients with COVID-19 increased by 61 percent.