MANILA (UPDATE) — The Philippines has recorded 3,442 COVID-19 cases last week, the Department of Health's latest case bulletin showed Monday.

From June 19 to 25, an average of 492 daily infections were logged in the country, which is 20 percent lower compared to the previous week.

This is the 15th straight week that the number of weekly cases is above 1,000, according to the ABS-CBN Investigative and Research Group.

Of the latest infections, some 37 cases were considered severe or critical, the DOH's latest case bulletin showed.

As of Sunday, a total of 325 cases or 10.7 percent of total COVID-19 admissions were in severe and critical condition, the agency added.

This is 32 percent lower than it was the prior week or 152 admissions fewer than the prior week’s 477 cases, ABS-CBN IRG added.

At least 204 or 13 percent of intensive care unit beds for COVID patients were occupied. The non-ICU bed utilization rate was at 17.7 percent.

This is the 4th straight week that the COVID-19 ICU bed utilization rate is below 20 percent, the ABS-CBN IRG said.

During the past week, no death was verified by the DOH.

The week of June 19 to 25, 2023 is the fifth time there was zero weekly COVID-19 death since March 2022, the ABS-CBN IRG added. The other 4 are the weeks of May 23 to 29, 2022, April 24 to 30, 2023, May 8 to 14, 2023, and May 22 to 28, 2023.

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Based on the DOH's tracker, the Philippines has 8,033 active COVID-19 cases as of June 26.

More than 3 years since the pandemic broke out, some 4.16 million coronavirus infections were recorded in the country. At least 66,482 people have succumbed to the virus.

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— With a report from ABS-CBN Investigative and Research Group