Accordingly, the entire country is divided into different quarantine levels: To counter the spreading coronavirus, the Philippine government, through its “Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases” (IATF-EID), is maintaining Covid-19 community quarantines. However, due to local conditions, a higher number of unreported Covid-19 cases must be suspected. Testing (as of August 21, 2021): the 7-day average of tests conducted currently amounts to 59,891, of which 13,835 tests were positive in the 7-day average, resulting in a positive test rate of 23.1 percent.With 13,197,689 additional doses, 12.2 percent of the population are fully vaccinated This represents an immunization coverage rate of 17.3 percent for first-dose vaccinations. Immunization (as of August 23, 2021): 18,697,647 primary immunizations have been conducted in the Philippines until the present date.Within the last week, 92.9 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants were reported in the Philippines ("7-day incidence") New infections and incidence: the number of new infections in the Philippines currently amounts to 18,332, with an average of 14,543 new infections being recorded per day over the past 7 days.1,695,335 people are considered recovered Infection situation: the total number of detected Covid-19 cases now amounts to 1,857,646, and the number of Corona-related deaths currently totals 31,961, representing a lethality rate of 1.72 percent.The Philippines has to deal with several variants of the virus, including the alpha, beta, delta, gamma and theta variants. Since then, the country has been hit by a renewed wave, continuously reaching new peeks of daily infections continuously. However, this positive trend took an abrupt turn in mid-July. Since then, infection rates have been declining, except for a brief spike in the first week of June. In the last wave of infections, the highest rate of new infections was reported on. The Philippines continues to be one of the most severely affected countries by Covid-19 in Asia. Last updated on 10 September 2021 | reading time approx. Insights Philippines: Current situation on the coronavirus
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