MANILA, Philippines — Sixty-seven percent of COVID-19 patients in intensive care units (ICU) are unvaccinated, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said in the taped weekly briefing with President Rodrigo Duterte that aired late on Monday. ADVERTISEMENTLorenzana added that 84 percent of intubated COVID-19 patients were also unvaccinated. “That’s why we continue to call on everyone to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to prevent transmission or the severe symptoms of the virus,” he said in Filipino. Earlier, the total COVID-19 infections in the country hit the 2.5 million mark with 2,509,177 total confirmed cases. RELATED STORYPH logs 18,449 new COVID-19 cases; total infections reach 2.5M93 more deaths bring COVID-19 toll to 37,494 – DOHATMSubscribe to our daily newsletter By providing an email address.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 27, 2021 15:33 UTC