MANILA, Philippines — The number of COVID-19 referral hospitals across the country has climbed to 1,721, President Rodrigo Duterte said in his seventh weekly report to Congress on Monday. According to Duterte’s report, these hospitals have a total bed capacity of 12,430 with an average of 40.77% occupancy rate. Meanwhile, 2,110 school facilities have so far been approved by the Department of Education (DEpED) for use for COVID-related needs. “It (DepEd) is currently evaluating 366 requests from LGUs to use additional school facilities in various locations,” the President’s report noted. Of the number, 58 are hotels and 15 are cruise ships that have been converted to quarantine facilities covering a total of 10,210 repatriates.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 11, 2020 14:26 UTC