Low 77 new cases logged; death high, nears Sept. total

October 23, 2021 Metro BLISTT

The City Health Office Thursday logged the lowest number of Covid-19 cases with 77 and the third this month that new cases are in the double digit after recording as many as 394 last October 7.
But deaths remain high after another eight patients succumbed Thursday bringing the 21 day total to 118 or nearly six deaths a day drawing closer to the 148 casualties during the September surge.
After relatively lows of two and four the previous days, eight persons succumbed Thursday, the highest so far since the 13 and 10 on October
5 and 12, respectively.
Since the start of the month, the CHO logged deaths everyday with the lowest at one on October 11, when the city logged its first double digit new cases of 88 which was 37 days since the city tallied its last double digit total new cases of 96.
Baguio logged normally six or seven deaths a day. It had six deaths on October 1, 2 and 10 and seven on October 6, 17 and 18. And low of two on October 3, 14 and 19. Starting October 11, recoveries outpace new cases with 297 recovered patients on said date.
With a record of 860 recoveries on October 14, followed by 837 the next day, total recoveries for the month stands now at 7,212 or a daily recovery of more than 343 patients a day.
New cases now average 193 a day with 4,058 cases logged since October 1. Total active cases is now down to 1,071 after peaking at 4,686 on October 4.
Meanwhile, the city through the CHO has put on the gas on its vaccination efforts with 174,262 residents that have already been fully vaxxed, while some 239,600 have already availed of their first dose. The city is targeting 281,000 residents to be jabbed to achieve herd immunity. Mayor Benjamin Magalong said that they are now targeting 100 percent of said number.
The city has also started jabbing A6 priority group, even as it started accepting registrations for 17 year old and younger residents.
Magalong has likewise started aggressive vaccination efforts for workers from the LISTT (La Trinidad, Itogon, Sablan, Tuba, Tublay) areas. “With vaccines readily available, we could also accommodate their families later. Tulungan natin sila, after all we belong to the same community,” Magalong said.
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