QUEZON CITY,
(PIA) — A group of private
hospitals has announced
that admissions to their
COVID-19 wards have increased in the past three
days.
โFor the past two
or three days the number
of cases has really increased a little bit, admissions have also increased
a little bit here in our private hospitals,โ according
to the Private Hospitals
Association of the Philippines, Inc. (PHAPI) President Dr. Jose Rene de
Grano.
This Case Bulletin of the DOH this past
May 15, recorded 18.8
percent bed utilization in
ICUs and 21.7 percent utilization in non-ICU beds in
private and public hospitals
De Grano said
that in the past three
days, their admission to
the COVID wards has
reached 20 percent to 50
percent depending on the
number of beds allocated
by a hospital. It is said that
most of these are only mild
cases.
The official, however, said that the situation is still manageable.
It is said that some of the
cases in the COVID wards
were brought to the hospital due to other illnesses
but when they were tested, they tested positive for
COVID-19.
Among the areas with an increase in
COVID-19 admissions are
the National Capital Region, Calabarzon, Western Visayas, and Davao
Region.
