MANILA, Philippines — Over 3,000 beds for COVID-19 patients have been added to healthcare facilities in the “NCR Plus” bubble when it was placed under enhanced community quarantine from March 29 to April 11, Malacaang said Sunday.
Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said a total of 3,156 beds were added: 164 intensive care unit beds, 2,222 regular beds for moderate and severe COVID-19 cases, and 765 isolation beds for mild and asymptomatic cases.
He added that many hospitals — private, national, and local government — have committed to add more COVID-19 beds in NCR Plus following President Rodrigo Duterte’s directive to PhilHealth to settle its obligations to hospitals.
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