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By: THIRD ANNE PERALTA-MALONZO, SunStar
FOUR regions in Mindanao remain under “high risk” for coronavirus disease (Covid-19), while the country as a whole stayed under moderate risk, Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III said on Monday, February 8, 2022.
In his report during President Rodrigo Duterte’s Talk to the People Address Monday evening, February 7, Duque said they are continuously monitoring the Covid-19 situation in Zamboanga Peninsula, Northern Mindanao, Davao Region and Soccsksargen due to the continuous increase of infections.
He said the National Capital Region (NCR), Cordillera Administrative Region, Western and Central Visayas, Calabarzon, Ilocos, Cagayan Valley and Central Luzon were at moderate risk classification, while Eastern Visayas, Bicol, Mimaropa and the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao are under low risk.
Duque said the country’s positivity rate is currently at 22.2 percent from 50 percent during the peak of Omicron-driven surge in the middle of January.
From February 1 to 7, the national average daily reported cases declined to 8,138 or 52 percent as compared to the 16,896 from the previous week.
The two-week growth rate is at negative 61 percent, while the average daily attack rate is at 11.36 per 100,000 population.
“Ibig sabihin nito ay talagang bumagal na ang kalat ng Covid-19 (This means that the transmission has slowed down),” Duque said.
The country’s healthcare utilization rate (HCUR) was further downgraded to low risk from moderate risk in the previous week, with bed utilization at 37.29 percent and intensive care unit (ICU) occupancy at 40.90 percent.
Duque said the HCUR in Davao Region, Zamboanga Peninsula, Caraga and Western Visayas remain at moderate risk.
He said the ICU utilization in Davao Region, Soccsksargen, Caraga, Western Visayas and Cagayan Valley is under close monitoring.
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