(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) The Philippines added 2,697 new cases last week, including 1 critically ill case

　　China News Agency, Manila, April 4 (Reporter Guan Xiangdong) The Philippine Department of Health announced on the 4th that from March 28 to April 3, 2,697 new patients with new coronary pneumonia were newly diagnosed in the country, compared with March 21 to 27. The average daily increase decreased by 2%.

During the same period, only 1 new severe and critically ill patient was admitted to the hospital, and 692 severe and critically ill patients are currently being treated in the hospital.

　　In terms of the utilization of medical resources, 492 of the 2,990 intensive care unit (ICU) beds in the country are in use, with an utilization rate of only 16.5%, and the utilization rate of more than 25,000 isolation beds and ordinary beds is 16.7%.

　　From March 28 to April 3, 329 people in the Philippines have died from COVID-19.

As of April 3, a total of 59,343 people have died from the new crown in the Philippines, accounting for 1.6% of the total number of confirmed cases.

　　According to the standards previously established by the Philippine government, the above data shows that the country is still in a state of "very low risk" of the epidemic.

　　According to the report, as of April 3, about 73.47% of the country's target population has been vaccinated against the new crown, 66,125,962 people have been fully vaccinated, 12,154,567 people have received booster shots, of which 8,721,357 elderly people have been vaccinated.

　　The Philippine government plans to fully vaccinate a target group of 80% of the country's population, about 90 million people, by the end of June.

　　At present, the Philippine capital Manila and most parts of the country have implemented the first-level alert for epidemic prevention. Under the premise of implementing necessary epidemic prevention measures, public and private institutions are operating at full capacity.

From April 1, the country has opened its doors to fully vaccinated travelers from all countries, rapidly recovering the tourism industry.

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