MANILA (2nd UPDATE) — The Philippines logged 6,346 COVID-19 cases in the past week, the Department of Health said Monday.

From Oct. 31 to Nov. 6, an average of 907 daily infections were recorded in the country, which is 30 percent lower compared to the previous week.

This is the lowest number of cases logged in a single week in 19 weeks, or since the week of June 20-26, 2022 when the DOH logged 4,591 cases, the ABS-CBN Investigative and Research Group said.

This is also the second straight week with weekly cases below 10,000. In the week of Oct. 24-30, the DOH logged 9,089 cases.

Of the new infections during the week, two or 0.04 percent were severe and critical cases, according to DOH's latest bulletin.

As of Sunday, 640 or 9.9 percent of COVID-19 admissions were in severe and critical condition, the agency said.

This is the fifth straight week with proportion of severe and critical cases to the total COVID-19 admissions accounting to less than 10 percent, the ABS-CBN IRG said.

At least 503 or 20.6 percent of 2,437 intensive care unit beds for COVID-19 patients were occupied. The non-ICU bed utilization rate was at 24.3 percent.

During the past week, the DOH has also verified 243 more COVID-related fatalities, citing late encoding of death information. The deaths occurred in the following months:

• 3 in November 2022
• 37 in October 2022
• 2 in September 2022
• 58 in June 2021
• 90 in May 2021
• 40 in April 2021
• 13 in March 2021

According to the ABS-CBN IRG, this is the lowest number of deaths logged in a single week in 5 weeks, or since the week of Sept. 26 to Oct. 2, 2022 when the DOH logged 228 deaths.

This is also the 8th straight week with weekly deaths below 300. Weekly deaths in the weeks of Sept. 12 to Oct. 30, 2022 ranged from 228 to 272, the group added.

1,553 NEW COVID-19 CASES, 17 DEATHS

Later in the day, the DOH reported 1,553 new COVID-19 cases, raising the country's total to 4,011,026 since the pandemic started.

Of this number, 342 are in Metro Manila.

The DOH also reported 17 new fatalities, raising the total number of COVID-related deaths to 64,291.

The number of active cases is at 16,754, while 83,929,981 have already recovered from the illness.

As of Nov. 6, almost 73.6 million people in the country are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to the DOH.

Of the figure, more than 20.6 million have received their first booster while almost 3.4 million have gotten their second booster.

• DOH: 3,900 COVID-19 cases recorded in schools since Sept

Last week, the DOH announced there were 3,939 COVID-19 cases recorded in schools from Sept. 1 to Nov. 3.

The figures came from the agency's surveillance report, DOH officer-in-charge Maria Rosario Vergeire has said.

The Department of Education has yet to submit its official report regarding the number of virus infections in campuses.

• 32 areas under COVID Alert Level 2 from Nov. 1 to 15: health dept

For the period of Nov. 1-15, the government placed 32 areas under COVID-19 Alert Level 2, while the whole Metro Manila and the rest of the country are under Alert Level 1.

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