Some 41 areas in the country are now under the highest COVID-19 alert classification, the Department of Health (DOH) announced Wednesday.
Health Undersecretary Ma. Rosario Vergeire said areas placed under Alert Level 4 are those whose risk classification has reached moderate to critical risk and whose utilization rate of either their total COVID-19 or ICU bed utilization are more than 70 percent.
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As of August 9, the health official said that 58.3 percent of COVID-19 beds in the country are already full, reported ABS-CBN News.
Areas under Alert Level 4 are as follows:
Metro Manila
• Las Piñas
• Makati
• Malabon
• Marikina
• Muntinlupa
• Navotas
• Pateros
• Quezon City
• San Juan
• Taguig
• Valenzuela
CAR
• Apayao
• Baguio City
• Benguet
Ilocos Region
• Dagupan
• Ilocos Norte
Cagayan Valley
• Cagayan
• Quirino
Central Luzon
• Angeles City
• Pampanga
• Tarlac
Calabarzon
• Batangas
• Cavite
• Laguna
• Lucena City
• Quezon
• Rizal
Bicol
• Naga City
Western Visayas
• Aklan
• Iloilo
• Iloilo City
Central Visayas
• Cebu
• Cebu City
• Lapu-lapu City
• Siquijor
Eastern Visayas
• Ormoc City
Northern Mindanao
• Bukidnon
• Cagayan de Oro City
• Camiguin
SOCCSKSARGEN
• General Santos City
• South Cotabato
As of August 10, there are 79,016 active COVID-19 cases in the country, among all the 1,676,156 total confirmed cases.
The recovery count and death toll, meanwhile, stand at 1,567,920 and 29,220, respectively.
