The Davao Region is at pace in its campaign to bring the cases of Covid-19 down. We know it has been almost two years and the threat of yet another deadly variant is imminent but yes, the progress is worth celebrating.
In its latest report last Sunday, the Department of Health (DOH) in Region 11 said there were 27 more recoveries bringing down the region’s active cases to 754. In contrast, there were 8 new cases.
That’s a winning number in the win-loss column against Covid-19.
By far, the DOH said the 99,786 total recoveries correspond to a 95.6-percent recovery rate out of the 104,370 confirmed cases logged since the pandemic was declared in March last year. Again, that’s a huge winning percentage.
Davao City led the way in the recoveries category at 51,972 followed by Davao del Norte (18,677); Davao del Sur (10,921); Davao Oriental (7,314); Davao de Oro (7,203); and Davao Occidental (3,699).
This only means one thing: the government and LGUs weapon of choice — vaccination — is winning the war for us.
Vaccination as a means towards attaining herd immunity has been the bright spot amid the dark clouds of despair that once enveloped us as we gave up our normal lives to the cruel pandemic.
Along with the huge success health-wise reaped from vaccination, it is also worth mentioning that the economy has also liberated itself from the prison brought to fore by the pandemic.
The economy is now grinding and slowly getting back to life.
There is still a lot of work to be done though, and we cannot let our guards down at this stage. If we keep on pushing for more vaccination coverage whilst stayig aware of the health protocols demanded of us, then we are moving in the right direction at the right pace.
