Health Undersecretary and treatment czar Leopoldo Vega (File photo) MANILA - The One Hospital Command (OHC), the country's Covid-19 referral center, has been receiving more than 1,100 calls per day since the last week of December 2021, a health official said Thursday. During a televised public briefing, Health Undersecretary and treatment czar Leopoldo Vega said the OHC has logged 98 to 112 calls only per day from the first to the third week of December 2021. "Kakaiba talaga ito dahil iyong September calls natin, on last wave, ay umabot na kami sa mga 780 to mga 800 calls (This is really strange because our September calls, on last wave [of cases], we reached 780 to 800 calls)," he added. Vega disclosed about 60 percent of the calls are requests for assistance on home isolation or referral to isolation or quarantine facilities. In September 2021, the calls received by the OHC were requests for hospital or intensive care unit referral and oxygen supply distribution. "
FOR VETTING JFM1.13-5 DOH records 34,021 new Covid cases, 4,694 recoveries MANILA - The Philippines logged 34,021 new coronavirus infections and 4,694 recoveries Thursday. The latest Covid-19 bulletin showed that there are 237,387 active cases while total recoveries rose to 2,802,286, or 90.6 percent of 3,092,409 infections since the pandemic started in March 2020. Thursday's tally of fresh cases is higher than Wednesday's 32,246. Out of the active cases, 225,408 are mild, 2,881 are moderate, 7,332 are asymptomatic, 1,468 are severe, and 298 are critical. "Of the 34,021 reported cases today, 33,456 (98 percent) occurred within the recent 14 days - Dec. 31, 2021 to Jan. 13, 2022," the Department of Health said. The regions with the most cases in the recent two weeks were the National Capital Region (NCR) with 16,793 or 50 percent of new infections; Region 4-A (Calabarzon), 7,131 or 21 percent; and Central Luzon, 3,745 or 11 percent. The death toll is now 52,654 with 14
MANILA - The Department of Health (DOH) logged a record high 34,021 new coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) infections and 4,694 recoveries Thursday. The country's highest single-day new cases increased the active cases to 237,387 while total recoveries rose to 2,802,286, or 90.6 percent of 3,092,409 infections since the pandemic started in March 2020. Out of the active cases, 225,408 are mild, 2,881 are moderate, 7,332 are asymptomatic, 1,468 are severe, and 298 are critical. "Of the 34,021 reported cases today, 33,456 (98 percent) occurred within the recent 14 days - Dec. 31, 2021 to Jan. 13, 2022," the DOH said. Thursday's tally of fresh cases is higher than Wednesday's 32,246. and Monday's previous record of 33,169. The regions with the most cases in the recent two weeks were the National Capital Region (NCR) with 16,793 or 50 percent of new infections; Region 4-A (Calabarzon), 7,131 or 21 percent; and Central Luzon, 3,745 or 11 percent. The death toll is