The country’s daily average of new coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases went up by 33 percent from March 27 to April 2, the Department of Health (DOH) reported Monday.
The agency posted 246 daily infections from 185 recorded between March 20 to 26.
The DOH also reported 1,298 new cases and 60 verified deaths in the recent week.
To date, the country has logged over 4.08 million coronavirus cases and more than 66,332 fatalities.
During the same week, the tally of severe and critical infections went up to 347 from the previous 307.
Only 13.7 percent or 271 out of the 1,984 intensive care unit (ICU) beds are in use, while 16.5 percent or 2,626 of 15,936 non-ICU beds were utilized.
At least 78,443,972 or 100.4 percent of the country’s target population (78,100,578) have been vaccinated against Covid-19, including 82.16 percent of 8,721,357 senior citizens, as of March 19.
A total of 23,811,248 have received booster shots out of the fully vaccinated population.
Source: Philippines News Agency