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Slight but steady rise in healthcare utilization

The Dept. of Health reports incremental but steady increase in figures for ICU bed utilization, severe and critical admissions, as well as non-ICU bed utilization.

While the country is still at low risk, ICU bed utilization has crossed 20% for the week of July 18 to 24. This comes as DOH reported 19,536 additional infections for the week, or an average of 2,791 infections per day.

The Dept. of Health will be launching a PinasLakas COVID-19 vaccine booster campaign on June 26, aimed to improve coverage ahead of the return of face-to-face classes.

While there are 71.5 million Filipinos who have received their COVID-19 vaccine primary series, only 15.9 million got their booster.

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