EIGHTY-FIVE percent of patients in intensive care units (ICUs) of hospitals who require mechanical ventilators were not vaccinated against Covid-19, the Department of Health (DoH) said, citing reports from public facilities in the National Capital Region.

It admitted the steady increase in hospital admissions in the past week, alongside the increasing number of new infections.

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