“Secretary Francisco T. Duque III has likewise given instructions that all the needs of NCR hospitals be identified in order to help them facilitate the expansion of their allocated Covid-19 bed capacities to 30 percent for private hospitals and 50 percent for public hospitals in accordance with the surge capacity allocation specified under DOH Administrative Order 2020-016-A,” the DOH said.
Likewise, the DOH said that Treatment Czar Undersecretary Leopoldo Vega is continuously conducting hospital visits to check on the status of different hospitals in NCR and ensure that they do not get overwhelmed.
“The DOH continues to urge all individuals experiencing mild symptoms to go to dedicated isolation facilities instead of hospitals to help free up space in hospitals for those who most need it,” the DOH said.
The DOH did not provide a list of hospitals now in critical or full capacity and those with very low Covid bed occupancies.
The DOH on Tuesday recorded 5,867 additional cases, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 677,653.
There were also 620 deaths and 20 deaths.
Of the total number of cases, 12.7 percent (86,200) are active, 85.4 percent (578,461) have recovered, and 1.92 percent (12,992) have died.
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