229 New Covid Cases in Bacolod, 395 in Negros Occidental Today, 15,566 in Phl & 199 new deaths

October 1, 2021

A total of 23,483 individuals have beaten the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), with the country’s total recoveries now at 2,396,726 or 93.4 percent of all known infections.

In its daily Covid-19 bulletin, the DOH also reported 15,566 new cases today, bringing the active cases to 130,268 or 5.1 percent of all known infections, lower than Thursday’s 138,294 active infections.

Of the 15,566 new cases nationwide, 229 are in the City of Bacolod, and 395 are in the Province of Negros Occidental.

Of the 130,268 active cases, 2,127 are in Bacolod and 4,309 are in Negros Occ.

The DOH also reported 199 new deaths, with the country’s total Covid-19 casualty count now at 38,493 or 1.5 percent of all known infections in the country.

Based on the latest testing data, it said 63,850 tests were administered on Wednesday, with 21.3 percent found positive for Covid-19.

To date, 4,400 beds in intensive care units (ICU) across the country have a 73 percent occupancy rate; 21,400 isolation beds with a 61 percent occupancy rate; 15,700 ward beds with a 64 percent occupancy rate; and 3,300 ventilators with a 55 percent utilization rate.

In the National Capital Region, 1,500 ICU beds have a 75 percent occupancy rate; 4,800 isolation beds with a 52 percent occupancy rate; 4,400 ward beds with a 57 percent occupancy rate; and 1,100 ventilators with a 58 percent utilization rate.* (Raymond Carl Dela Cruz)