Beat COVID-19 Today a COVID-19 Philippine Situationer
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Beat COVID-19 Today A COVID-19 Philippine Situationer Issue 04 | May 01, 2020 Highlights and Recent Case Summary Updates on COVID-19 As of April 30, 2020 ● DOH licensed the Marikina City Health Office-Laboratory as a Stage 5 laboratory that can perform the Real Time RT-PCR test for COVID-19. There is now a total of 20 Licensed Laboratories across the country. 8,488 ● FDA certified Rapid Antibody-based Total Cases Diagnostic Tests (RDTs) are now allowed to be used in the country, provided that these tests will be accompanied with the confirmatory Real Time RT-PCR tests. DOH cautioned the public that the probability for RATs to yield false positive results remains high, and that the Real 8,488 8,212 276 Time RT-PCR remains the gold standard Total Cases Previous day Additional Cases for COVID-19 diagnosis. ● DOH announced that the Philippines is part 20 10 1,043 added 568 added of the World Health Organization’s Recoveries Deaths Solidarity Trial, an initiative that aims to find a cure against COVID-19. Active Cases 6,877 (net of recoveries and deaths) ● As the journey towards developing a COVID-19 cure progresses, DOH continued Active Cases Breakdown to warn the public against drugs and vaccines that show no scientific evidence 265 of effectiveness against COVID-19. 1,043 297 481 Pending Admitted Home Isolation Asymptomatic Admission Status ● DOH spotlighted “Baby Survivor”, who was cured from COVID-19 when he was only 16 days old, making him the country’s 5,750 2,868 2,218 664 Pending Admitted Home Isolation youngest COVID-19 survivor yet. DOH Mild Admission Status applauded the efforts of the National Children’s Hospital, who nursed Baby Survivor back to health. 55 29 Severe Critical ● DOH expressed its commitment to ensure the welfare and safety of Persons Deprived Probable Cases Suspect Cases As of April 30, 2020 of Liberty (PDLs) amidst the pandemic. DOH began conducting initial assessments in select facilities such as the Muntinlupa 2,972 14,556 Penal and Mandaluyong Correctional Total Cases Total Cases facilities, and would soon be able to facilitate targeted testing in areas where it SEVERE: Pneumonia, PROBABLE: Previously SUSPECT CASES: Previously termed as PUIs Difficulty of Breathing termed as PUIs (mild or is most needed. critical) with inconclusive (mild or critical) with no test CRITICAL: Intubated or unofficial test results. done or awaiting test results. COVID-19 PHILIPPINE SITUATIONER #004 (MAY 01, 2020) Goal: Shortening Duration of Infectiousness Case Summary of Overseas EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA Filipinos (OFs) A. Healthcare Workers affected by COVID-19 As of April 30, 2020 1677 442 Confirmed OFs Confirmed OFs DFA Count DOH Count 1025 Admitted/ 451 201 Recovered Deaths Isolated DFA count DFA count DFA count 1 out of 5 207 DOH Count 186 DOH Count 31 DOH Count 1,694 OR cases healthcare workers 20% of the cases REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION are health workers. As of April 30, 2020 As of April 30, 2020 B. Age and Sex Distribution of confirmed cases As of April 30, 2020 0-19 141 181 20-39 1,604 1,518 1,197 1,603 40-59 Middle East Asia and the Americas Europe And Africa Pacific 471 483 356 367 DFA count DFA count DFA count DFA count ⩾60 985 1,251 31 50 21 340 DOH count DOH count DOH count DOH count TOP 5 COUNTRIES WITH OVERSEAS NO. OF CONFIRMED CASES FILIPINOS WITH COVID-19 (DOH - IHR) Most of the confirmed cases are male (4,553, 54%) and within the 40-59 age Flag JAPAN 124 group (1603, 19%). MALAYSIA 94 Average hospital length of stay for Flag SINGAPORE 67 18 recovered patients is at 18 days. Flag ITALY 29 A total of 322 (57 %) of deaths had known Flag HONGKONG 29 comorbidities: top 2 comorbidities are hypertension (208, 65%) and diabetes OTHERS 99 (155, 48%). 2 COVID-19 PHILIPPINE SITUATIONER #004 (MAY 01, 2020) Goal: Shortening Duration of Infectiousness C. Epidemiologic Curve Confirmed COVID-19 Cases by Date of Onset of Illness (N= 8488) No. of cases Philippines, as of April 30, 2020 Date of Onset of Illness ● A total of 5,809 (68%) are confirmed cases from NCR. CALOOCAN ● Top 3 barangays: Tandang Sora, Quezon City (50); San VALENZUELA Antonio, Parañaque (49); Batasan Hills, Quezon City MALABON (47) and Fort Bonifacio, Taguig (47). QUEZON CITY NAVOTAS MARIKINA ● Still too early to tell whether Enhanced Community SAN JUAN MANILA Quarantine (ECQ) is effective as reporting delays from MANDALUYONG PASIG symptom onset take around 11 days, but initial MAKATI imputation analysis seems to suggest that ECQ is PATEROS PASAY TAGUIG keeping new case numbers steady. PARAÑAQUE ● Also still too early to tell whether Luzon-wide ECQ is LAS effective, but initial imputation analysis seems to PIÑAS suggest that ECQ is keeping new case numbers steady. MUNTINLUPA LIST OF PROVINCES Abra Compostela Valley Masbate Romblon Aklan Mountain Province Sarangani WITHOUT COVID-19 Cotabato Apayao Davao del Norte Misamis Occidental Siquijor CASES IN TWO Agusan del Sur Davao Oriental Negros Occidental Sorsogon WEEKS Aurora Dinagat Islands Negros Oriental South Cotabato April 17-30, 2020 Basilan Eastern Samar Northern Samar Southern Leyte Bataan Guimaras Nueva Ecija Sultan Kudarat Batanes Ilocos Norte Nueva Vizcaya Sulu Biliran Ilocos Sur Occidental Mindoro Surigao del Norte Bohol Kalinga Oriental Mindoro Surigao del Sur Bukidnon Lanao del Norte Palawan Tarlac Camarines Norte Lanao del Sur Pampanga Tawi-tawi Camiguin Leyte Pangasinan Zambales Capiz Maguindanao Quezon Zamboanga del Norte Catanduanes Marinduque Quirino Zamboanga Sibugay 3 COVID-19 PHILIPPINE SITUATIONER #004 (MAY 01, 2020) INDIVIDUALS TESTED AS REPORTED BY COVID-19 LABORATORIES As of April 30, 2020 without reports of one private laboratory as of reporting time 10,700 11% Positive Individuals 97,505 86,649 Unique Individuals Negative Individuals Tested 89% 76 Equivocal (inconclusive test result) 80 Invalid (poor specimen quality) 108,680 141,583 Total Tests Conducted Remaining Available Tests Supplies DAILY OUTPUT AS REPORTED BY LICENSED LABORATORIES As of April 30, 2020 without reports of one private laboratory as of reporting time RITM TEMPORARILY SCALES DOWN LAB 8,000 OPERATIONS TOTAL OF 10 LABS Testing Capacity Goal LICENSED TO CONDUCT RT-PCR TESTING 4,321 ADDITION OF 3 LABS FOR PREVIOUS DAY: 4501 TESTING. TOTAL OF 14. ADDITION OF 1 LAB FOR TESTING. TOTAL OF 11. Without reports of one private laboratory as of ADDITION OF 3 LABS. TOTAL reporting time OF 17 FUNCTIONAL LABS. 4 COVID-19 PHILIPPINE SITUATIONER #004 (MAY 01, 2020) FACILITY NAME REGION STAGE STATUS OF LABORATORY LICENSING Research Institute for Tropical Medicine As of April 30, 2020 San Lazaro Hospital UP National Institutes of Health LICENSING OF LABORATORIES STATUS Lung Center of the Philippines St. Luke's Medical Center- QC The Medical City - Ortigas 20 74 56 76% Victoriano Luna -AFRIMS NO. OF LICENSED TOTAL NO. OF NO. OF % LABS ON STAGE 3 Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory NCR TESTING LABORATORY LABORATORIES AND ABOVE LABORATORIES APPLICATIONS STAGE 3 AND ABOVE St. Luke's Medical Center - BGC Makati Medical Center Philippine Red Cross V Chinese Gen. Hospital PRC-PLMC NUMBER OF STAGE 3 to 5 Philippine Genome Center UP-Diliman LABORATORIES IN THE Marikina City Health Office COUNTRY Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center CAR Bicol Regional Diagnostic and Reference Laboratory V 2 2 Western Visayas Medical Center VI Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center VII Southern Philippines Medical Center XI 1 LEGEND UP-PGH-MRL NCR NO. OF LABS ON STAGE 5 De La Salle University - Cavite IVA IV National Kidney and Transplant Institute 4 NO. OF LABS ON STAGE 4 ABC Clinical Laboratory NO. OF LABS ON STAGE 3 Singapore Diagnostic, Inc. Number inside the circle Asian Hospital & Medical Center NCR 15 corresponds to number of Hi-Precision (QC) 7 1 laboratories in the region PNP Crime Laboratory 1 Fe del Mundo Medical center 3 Ilocos Training Regional Medical Center 1 I Mariano Marcos Memorial Hospital Cagayan Valley Medical Center II Southern Isabela Medical Center The Medical City - Clark Central Luzon Doctor's Hospital 2 III J B. Lingad Memorial Hospital Bataan General Hospital 1 Batangas Medical Center 3 San Pablo College Medical Center IVA III Calamba Medical Center 1 Bacolod Queen of Mercy Hospital 2 Teresita Jalandoni Provincial Hospital VI Western Visayas State University Medical Center 2 Allegiant Regional Care Hospital VII Cebu TB Reference Laboratory Divine Word Hospital VIII 3 Eastern Visayas Regional Medical Center 2 Zamboanga City Medical Center IX Department of Agriculture Field Office IX Northern Mindanao TB Regional Center 1 TB Reference Center- CHD Region X X 2 Polymedic Medical Plaza Cotabato Regional Medical Center XII Dr. Arturo Pingoy Medical Center Adela Serra TY Memorial Medical Center XIII CARAGA Regional Hospital Additional laboratory for April 30 5 COVID-19 PHILIPPINE SITUATIONER #004 (MAY 01, 2020) Goal: Increase Resilience, Stop Transmission, Reduce Contact BEHAVIORAL MESSAGES OF THE DAY ● DOH underscored the health needs of the elderly in the time of COVID-19. DOH reminded the public that the elderly needs special care and protection, as they are most vulnerable to the virus. ● The best way for vulnerable populations, including the elderly, to protect themselves is to maintain good health and religiously practice preventive measures, including eating a healthy diet, physical distancing, and avoiding unnecessary travel. ● DOH called for the public to help protect the mental well-being of the elderly. Acknowledging that loneliness and unease affect an individual’s overall health and well-being, DOH recommended for the public to always check on their elderly relatives, despite the need for physical distancing. ● The public is encouraged to give the elderly constant reassurance that they are being looked out for. Emotional support from friends, families, and healthcare professionals helps ease their anxiety and make them feel safe and secure.