Daily average of new Covid-19 infections down by 7%

The DOH also reported 832 new cases and 78 verified deaths. (Pixabay photo)

MANILA – The country’s daily average of new coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases decreased by 7 percent from Feb. 20 to 26, the Department of Health (DOH) reported Monday.

In the latest DOH case bulletin, daily infections decreased to 119 in the recent week from 128 infections from Feb. 13 to 19.

The DOH also reported 832 new cases and 78 verified deaths.

Of the additional deaths, two occurred from Feb. 13 to 26.

To date, the country has logged over 4.08 million coronavirus cases and more than 66,097 fatalities.

During the same week, the tally of severe and critical infections also went down to 370 from the previous week’s 406.

Only 13.5 percent or 291 out of the 2,163 intensive care unit (ICU) beds are in use, while 17.8 percent or 3,191 of 17,830 non-ICU beds are utilized.

About 73,885,830 or 94.6 percent of the country’s target population (78,100,578) are vaccinated against Covid-19, including 79.48 percent of 8,721,357 senior citizens, as of Feb. 19.

A total of 21,537,490 individuals have received booster shots out of the fully vaccinated population.