DOH: COVID-19 cases up by 30.4% on June 6 to 12

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The Department of Health said on Monday, June 13, that COVID-19 cases reported on June 6 to 12 were 30.4% higher compared to the previous week.

in case COVID-19 cases continue to rise and hospital admissions increase.

“The DOH is continuously monitoring all these metrics. As long as the admissions and severity of cases in the hospitals do not affect our healthcare utilization rate, Alert Level 1 is still in effect. But, we have to be mindful that continuing increases in the cases might lead to escalation of the Alert Level,” the DOH told reporters in a Viber message.The spike in cases comes as the country detected cases of more infectious subvariants of Omicron a month after the elections.

In an interview with Rappler on Wednesday, June 8, infectious disease specialist Dr. Rontgene Solante said that Omicron subvariants can cause an increase in cases but not significant enough to overwhelm hospitals.“They are highly transmissible but I don’t think they can cause severe symptoms. They can only cause mild symptoms.

 

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