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145 new deaths and 8,562 new Covid cases recorded in PH today

July 30, 2021

The Philippines logged 8,562 new cases of Covid-19, with active cases now at 61,920 or 3.9 percent of all reported cases in the country.

Of the 61,920 active cases, 94 percent have mild symptoms, 2.1 percent with severe symptoms, those with moderate symptoms at 1.49 percent, while those asymptomatic and in critical condition at 1.2 percent each.

The Department of health (DOH) also reported 145 new deaths, with the number of total Covid deaths now at 27,722 or 1.75 percent of all infections.

DOH reported 2,854 new recoveries, bringing the country’s total to 1,491,182, saying this translates to a 94.3 percent recovery rate out of a total 1,580,824 infections since the start of the pandemic last year.

Based on the latest data on Covid-19 testing, a total of 52,623 individuals were tested for the disease on Wednesday, with 14.9 percent returning positive.

In the National Capital Region (NCR), there are 1,100 beds at intensive care units (ICU) at 52 percent occupancy, 4,500 isolation beds at 44 percent occupancy, 3,500 ward beds at 41 percent occupancy, and 1,000 ventilators at 37 percent utilization.

For the whole country, there are 3,500 ICU beds at 59 percent occupancy, 19,400 isolation beds at 50 percent occupancy, 12,400 ward beds at 47 percent occupancy, and 2,800 ventilators at 38 percent occupancy.*

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