{"id":279744,"date":"2020-12-26T06:20:52","date_gmt":"2020-12-26T11:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=279744"},"modified":"2020-12-26T06:26:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-26T11:26:00","slug":"doh-reports-1-4k-new-covid-19-cases-urges-online-reunion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/12\/26\/doh-reports-1-4k-new-covid-19-cases-urges-online-reunion\/","title":{"rendered":"DOH reports 1.4K new Covid-19 cases; urges online reunion"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_261408\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-261408\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/COVID.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-261408\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/COVID.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/COVID.png 1200w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/COVID-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/COVID-768x461.png 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/COVID-1024x614.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-261408\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">DOH also reported the total number of deaths at 9, 067, or 1.93 percent after recording five new deaths. (PCI photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The Department of Health reported a total number of 1,406 new cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) on Saturday as it urged the public to hold their family reunions online in celebrating the holiday season to avoid mass gathering.<\/p>\n<p>DOH Covid-19 case bulletin issued at 4 p.m. showed that the total number of active Covid-19 cases in the country is 28, 883, or 6.2 percent of the 469, 005 total number of patients.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the DOH also recorded 266 new recoveries bringing to 431, 055, or 91.9 percent, its total number.<\/p>\n<p>Of the active Covid-19 cases, the DOH said that 92.5 percent are considered to be mild and asymptomatic. Critical cases are at 4.8 percent, 2.5 percent are considered severe, while 0.32 percent are moderate.<\/p>\n<p>Among the cities and provinces in the country, Bulacan reported the most number with 100 new cases. The other top four areas with a high number of reported Covid-9 patients are Quezon City with 98 new cases, the province of Rizal with 88, Laguna with 73, and Batangas with 69 news cases.<\/p>\n<p>DOH also reported the total number of deaths at 9, 067, or 1.93 percent after recording five new deaths.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the increase of new cases, the DOH assured that there are enough Covid-19 dedicated beds in different hospitals in the country.<\/p>\n<p>To date, DOH data reflects that there is 66 percent available Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds, isolation beds have 70-percent availability, ward beds have an availability of 78 percent while ventilators have 83-percent availability.<\/p>\n<p>The DOH is continuously encouraging the public to prioritize safety in celebrating the holiday season and use technology instead of holding actual gatherings.<\/p>\n<p>It said minimum public health standards should always be strictly followed such as the wearing of face mask and full-coverage face shield, observing safe physical distancing and frequent hand washing.<\/p>\n<p>The public is also warned against going to crowded places and just stay home as much as possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 The Department of Health reported a total number of 1,406 new cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) on Saturday &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":261408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-279744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-marita-moaje","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279744"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":279745,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279744\/revisions\/279745"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}