The number of patients with COVID-19 at the Philippine General Hospital is gradually declining.
According to PGH spokesperson Dr. Jonas Del Rosario, this week’s admission is good for them because the number of COVID-19 patients they have admitted has dropped to 200.
“Less than 200 na po yung pasyente namin. Malaki po ang ibinaba,” he said in an interview with TeleRadyo, Tuesday morning.
“Nung May 8, nasa 215 pa. Pagpasok ng linggong ito, as of today, 192 patients ang COVID. At least, less than 200 na po. Sana tumuloy-tuloy na po.”
Del Rosario said that even the state of their emergency room is improving as well.
“Napapansin din namin sa emergency room, kaunti na lang yung nagwa-walk-in na may COVID,” he said.
Metro Manila, Rizal, Cavite, Laguna, and Bulacan remain under modified enhanced community quarantine, which will last until this Friday, May 14.
“Kahit dumating ang panahon na mag-GCQ tayo, sana yung minimum health standards ay ituloy at mas marami pa taong mabakunahan para mas maraming maprotektahan,” he said.
Number of COVID-19 patients admitted to PGH declining
Health Secretary Francisco Duque boasted the improving state of health care utilization rate in the country despite the continued increase in COVID-19 cases.
According to Duque’s report in the president’s weekly Talk to the Nation, overall, the Philippines is in a low-risk classification as the 2-week growth rate has dropped to -22 percent and the average daily attack rate per 100,000 population.
The National Capital Region is said to be at moderate risk as the 2-week growth rate has dropped to -39 percent and the daily attack rate has dropped to 19.02 percent from the previous 30.98 percent.
But Duque reminded that although the situation in the country is improving when it comes to COVID-19 cases, it still cannot be relaxed as there are ten regions that have recorded an increase in the 2-week growth rate.
There are also five regions with high average daily attack rates including NCR, Cordillera Autonomous Region, Region 2, 4A, and 3.
The number of cases from NCR is also declining, from 48 percent now to only 31 percent from Metro Manila.
The number of recorded cases is increasing in other regions.
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