The DOH posted a positivity rate of 34.6 percent out of 62,671 tests conducted on Wednesday. This is slightly slower than the 35.2 percent positivity rate from 61,013 tests on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, of the active cases, 97.9 percent are mild or asymptomatic. According to DOH, 7,055 are asymptomatic cases, 219,811 are classified as mild, 2,971 are moderate, 1,509 are severe, and 312 are critical. Forty-nine percent of intensive care unit and isolation beds, 51 percent of ward beds and 24 percent of ventilators for COVID-19 patients in the country are currently in use. In Metro Manila, 42 percent of ICU beds, 39 percent of isolation beds, 45 percent of ward beds, and 24 percent of ventilators are being used.. In the capital region, cases decreased by 67 percent, from an average of 4,398 new COVID-19 cases in the last seven days, compared to 13,298 new cases in the preceding week.