MANILA, Philippines — Bed occupancy in COVID-19 intensive care units (ICU) and wards in Quezon City hospitals are already hitting “critical” levels, Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte said Wednesday.
Belmonte said COVID-19 ICU beds in all hospitals in the city — public, private and government-owned — are already filled up to 78%, while COVID-19 wards are 77% occupied.
Meanwhile, isolation beds are already 68% occupied, which is near the critical level of 70%.
The city has an overall total of 2,032 hospital beds for COVID-19 patients, Belmonte noted.
She added that COVID-19 wards in three government hospitals — Quezon City General Hospital, Rosario Maclang Bautista General…
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