Majority of COVID fatalities at Vicente Sotto hospital in Cebu unvaccinated, says official

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<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1745900" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>MANILA—The COVID-19 mortality rate at Visayas&#x27; largest COVID-19 referral hospital is rising, and a majority of deaths are unvaccinated patients, an official said Thursday.The Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center in Cebu City has 177 active virus patients out of its 174 COVID-19 beds, according to Dr. Helen Madamba, chief implementer of the hospital&#x27;s COVID-19 health facility. Five children are in its COVID pediatric ward, Madamba added.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/09/21/covid-19-vaccines-work-most-virus-patients-mild-asymptomatic-say-officials">COVID-19 vaccines work: Most virus patients mild, asymptomatic, say officials</a></li></ul>The hospital has recorded 47 virus-related deaths between August 1 and 8, and some of the fatalities were children, she added.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/07/21/most-kids-admitted-for-covid-19-at-pgh-critical-severe">Majority of children admitted for COVID-19 at PGH critical, severe— health experts</a></li></ul>&quot;More than 90 percent of our deaths are not vaccinated,&quot; she told ABS-CBN&#x27;s Teleradyo.&quot;Binabantayan namin ang number of deaths namin kasi baka maging problema ang pag-release ng cadaver to funeral parlors atsaka paglibing sa cemeteries.&quot;(We&#x27;re monitoring the number of deaths, because we could face a problem in releasing cadavers to funeral parlors and burying them in cemeteries.)<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/11/21/cebu-city-running-out-of-burial-spaces-amid-covid-surge">Only 21 burial spaces left in Cebu Catholic cemeteries amid COVID resurgence</a></li></ul>The hospital is the end-referral center for virus patients in Cebu, Madamba said.&quot;Ang mga pasyente kasi kapag umaabot sa&#x27;min medyo huli na or hindi na-accommodate sa iba ibang hospitals. Oxygen-requiring ito sila,&quot; she said.(When patients arrive here sometimes it&#x27;s too late or they weren&#x27;t accommodated in various hospitals. They require oxygen.)The hospital has an oxygen plant, which can refill oxygen tanks within 2 hours, according to Madamba. It also plans to expand its capacity to 311 virus beds, 149 intensive care unit beds, 49 isolation beds, and 40 ward beds, she added.&quot;Unfortunately, wala kaming report nare-receive kung Delta variant ba siya pero &#x27;yung bilis ng pagkalat ng COVID possible po talaga na Delta variant &#x27;yan,&quot; she said.(We did not receive a report if these cases were of the Delta variant but due to the speed of the transmission, that&#x27;s possible.)<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1745917" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>At Tondo Medical Center in Manila, a majority of severe to critical cases were also unvaccinated against COVID-19, said its medical director Dr. Maria Isabelita Estrella.The hospital&#x27;s virus beds are 76 percent occupied, while its ICU capacity was 65 percent full, she added.&quot;Kadalasan ng nagse-severe at critical cases dito sa ospital, mga di po bakunado,&quot; she said.(Most of severe and critical cases here are unvaccinated.)One of them was a health worker of the hospital who refused inoculation, Estrella said.&quot;Nag-severe case siya pero sa awa ng Diyos on her way to recovery na siya ngayon. Na-out na namin siya sa ICU, kino-convince na namin siya ngayon, pangalawang buhay na. Siguro it&#x27;s about time na pwede ka na magpabakuna,&quot; she said.(She had a severe case, but thank God she&#x27;s now on her way to recovery. She&#x27;s now out of the ICU and we&#x27;re convincing her, it&#x27;s her second chance at life, maybe it&#x27;s time to get vaccinated.)The Philippines on Wednesday tallied 12,021 more COVID-19 cases, the highest in more than 4 months, bringing its total to 1,688,040 infections. Of this figure, 81,399 or 4.8 percent were active, according to the Department of Health.

The COVID mortality rate at Visayas' largest COVID-19 referral hospital is rising, and a majority of deaths are unvaccinated, an official said.

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Majority of COVID fatalities at Vicente Sotto hospital in Cebu unvaccinated, says official

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