Ang case fatality rate (CFR) ng bansa ay kasalukuyang nasa 1.61 percent kung saan mas mababa ito sa global average na 2.0 percent.
Ito ang binanggit ng Department of Health (DOH) sa dalos mula Dis. 7.
Sa isang pahayag, sinabi ng Health Deaprtment na ang CFR ng bansa ay kapansin-pansing mas mababa kaysa sa 9% CFR na iniulat sa press release ng Nikkei COVID-19 Recovery Index.
Idinagdag nito na pagkatapos sumirit ang kaso at mga pagkamatay noong Setyembre 2021, pareho itong bumaba ngayon, kabilang ang buwanang case fatality rate.
Mayoral bet, pumalag sa isyu ng driver niyang dinakip dahil sa 'food packs'
Sinabi ng DOH noong Oktubre 2021 na mayroong 4,348 na namatay at nakapagtala ng 1.84 percent CFR kung saan bahagyang mas mababa ang bilang para sa Nobyembre 2021 na may 838 na namatay at 1.81 percent CFR.
Binanggit pa nito na ang CFR sa bansa na ginamit ng COVID-19 Recovery Index ay ang rolling-average na CFR sa Our World in Data (OWID).
“The 9% CFR calculated by the OWID was based on the number of reported deaths per day from Nov. 18 to 27, 2021. However, of the 2,096 deaths reported for that period, only 16 percent occurred in November, while 80 percent occurred between August to October. The high reported deaths in this latter part of November 2021 was due to delayed encoding, validation, and reporting of death information to COVIDKaya,” sabi ng DOH.
“The COVID-19 deaths have to be verified by local Epidemiology and Surveillance Units on the ground. We are aware of the delays in encoding of death information to COVIDKaya hence we are addressing this issue with the Epidemiology and Surveillance Units to ensure our COVID-19 data is up to date,” saBI Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Singh-Vergeire.
Sinabi ng DOH na ang pagbabakuna at pagpapahusay sa kapasidad at sistema ng pangangalagang pangkalusugan ay maaaring nag-ambag sa pagbaba ng CFR.
“However, while overall COVID-19 deaths have markedly declined over the past months, our analysis of hospital admissions showed that 85 percent of those hospitalized were those who are not yet fully vaccinated. Also, those with severe or critical COVID-19 disease were 1.75 times more likely among the unvaccinated, while deaths due to COVID-19 were 2.6 times more likely also among the unvaccinated,” sabi ng ahenya.
Dagdag ni Vergeire, ang vaccination program ay malaking hakbang upang mapababa ang bilang ng mga nasawi sa COVID-19.
“Hence, the DOH continues to urge the high-risk population, especially senior citizens and those with underlying conditions, to get fully vaccinated to provide them with additional protection against COVID-19,” sabi niya.
Leslie Ann Aquino
