The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday reported that the daily average Covid-19 cases of 510 from March 14 to 20 is 13 percent lower than the new infections prior to the week in review.

In its latest case bulletin, the DOH said there are 3,572 new cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) for the recent week.

For the same period, only one case was added to the tally of severe and critical infections which went down to 805 from last week’s 1,006.

Only 17.8 percent or 619 out of the 3,473 intensive care unit (ICU) beds in the country are used while 16.6 percent of 4,532 non-ICU beds are utilized.

Meanwhile, there were 655 verified deaths recorded during the past week.

About 72.41 percent of the country’s target population has been vaccinated against Covid-19.

The DOH also reported 75.31 percent of the senior citizens have been inoculated against the disease.

The elderly group is composed of 8,721,357 individuals while the country’s target population for inoculation is 80 percent (90,005,357 individuals) of the country’s entire population.

As of March 20, DOH data showed 65,171,415 individuals are fully vaccinated while 11,530,728 people have received their booster shots. (PNA)