COVID-19 mortality

rate still very low

TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol June 18 (PIA) – At 68 deaths, one year and three months after Bohol ruled to implement rigid measures against the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID) in the province, mortality rate still remains at a very low 1.2 percent.

This is considered low considering that the country’s mortality rate is at 2.2 with 133 million people confirmed to be sick of the virus and 23,121 deaths.

Metro Manila, the most populous region in the country being the national capital, records 517,000 cases already, but its deaths are at 7,768 for a mortality rate of 1.5.

In Central Visayas, where 67,339 have been reported sick of the highly contagious viral disease, 2070 have died, for a mortality rate for an unexpectedly high 2.9, as of June 18, 2021.

Bohol Inter Agency task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Disease (BIATF) reported on Thursday that the cumulative total of COVID-confirmed cases reached 5,464 since Bohol started closing its boundaries to deny the possible entry of the virus here.

The 5,464 COVID-confirmed cases resulted from the 68,672 swab samples sent for confirmatory laboratory analysis, for a positivity rating of 7.9 percent, data provided to the Philippine Information Agency showed.

Last June 17, Bohol records 1,138 active cases for the day, with 54 new confirmed cases as a result from the 436 swab samples collected for laboratory analysis and released on the day.

Of the 1,138, 1,108 are traced to local transmission, 22 are health care workers, 7 are returning residents and one is an authorized person outside residence.

As to its recovery rate, with 4,259 persons who have recovered from the disease, at a total 5,464 confirmed cases, recovery is pegged at 77.94 percent.

Simply said, for every 100 confirmed COVID cases, about 77 would get well after isolation and treatment of the symptoms.

As to vaccination, for priority group A1 or the medical front liners, with 42.949 target for vaccination, Bohol vaccine teams have reached 68.6 percent of the total, while they have completed the second dose jabs for the 50.8% those who have been inoculated with their first shots.

For the senior citizens, at 155,845 in the master list, teams in Bohol have accomplished first jabs to some 11.8 percent of them, while a tiny percentage of .003% have received their second shots.

For those individuals with comorbidities, at 31,927 in the general master list, vaccine teams have reached to 8.7% of them, while some 0.1% have received their second dose, BIATF reports showed.

According to BIATF spokesperson, while there is noticeably very low vaccination turn-out in Bohol, such is caused by the low supply of the vaccines.

Vaccination teams have been dependent on the vaccine supply that is available, Dr Cesar Tomas Lopez said, during the recent Kapihan sa PIA.

This week however proved to be promising as some 11,700 doses of Pfizer, 17,000 doses of Sinovac and 5,000 doses of Sputnik vaccines arrived in Bohol, he added. (rahchiu/PIA-7/Bohol)

FOR THE RECORD. Bohol Disaster and Risk Reduction Management Officer Anthony Damalerio and City Health Officer along with Tarsier 117 received the vaccines that arrived in Tubigon. The newly arrived supply will spur another series of vaccination this week. (rahc/PIA-7/foto by PRIMER)