CAGAYAN de Oro Mayor Oscar Moreno said in a press conference that the city’s handling of coronavirus disease pandemic is ‘doing well’ as the city registered 9.34 percent critical care utilization rate (CCUR) and 16.88 percent case doubling time-based on Feasibility Analysis of Syndromic Surveillance using Spatio-Temporal Epidemiological Modeler (Fassster Philippines) for the early period of this month.
Fassster Philippines is an evidence-based, web-based forecast of possible cases and scenarios on the spread of Covid-19 in the country.
Moreno explained that if the city’s CCUR is lower than the 30 percent threshold, it means that the city is in a better position when it comes to health system capacity that include availability or usage of the intensive care unit (ICU), isolation beds and mechanical ventilators.
Moreno said if the city’s case doubling time is higher than the seven percent threshold, it shows that the Covid-19 infection in the city is at a slower pace.
Meanwhile, City epidemiologist Dr. Joey Retuya reported two persons who recovered from Covid-19 infection, bringing the city’s total number of recoveries to 19 as of July 11.
These include the 47-year-old man and returning overseas Filipino from Upper Nazareth, which was placed under focused containment but was already lifted July 12, and the 22-year-old female returning residents from a numbered barangay.
After their second re-swabbing, RT-PCR test results of the two, which was released yesterday, came out negative from coronavirus. (PIA-10)
