MANILA, Philippines —Hospitals in Metro Manila placed under critical status in terms of bed capacity solely for COVID-19 patients increased to 43 from the previous 30 reported last week, based on the latest data from the Department of Health (DOH) as of March 23.
The recent data also bared that 152 facilities have submitted their data and were categorized based on their occupancy levels while only 150 hospitals were listedin the health department’s COVID-19 tracker last March 20.
Meanwhile, hospitals classified under high-risk status decreased to 19 from 22.
Of the hospitals under “critical” level, 15 have already reached 100 percent bed occupancy, namely:
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