The City of Mati LGU has recorded a remarkable decrease on the number of active Covid-19 cases for the month of September.
The number of COVID 19 cases continued to decline for the past 2 weeks with only 131 active cases remaining as of September 27. This is a 55% decrease compared to the previous week.
Weekly deaths have continued but is shown to have also gone down to 2 from 12 the previous week. Case fatality rate is still 2.8%. Almost all of the patients who died were unvaccinated and with comorbidities.
The city’s isolation facilities occupancy rate is under 35% at present wherein 69 individuals, or 42% of the active cases, are on home quarantine under granular lockdown.
About 27,437 (25%) of our target population are now fully vaccinated and 8,079 (7%) have been given their 1st dose.
Granular lockdown (household level) implementation has been observed to be effective with the people’s cooperation and coordination among agencies from the barangays to the City LGU.
Few incidents of breaches were quickly managed and no transmissions were noted from the incidents.
The Mati Incident Management Team said that containment and control are due the cooperation of the public in terms of public health and social measures, and the ongoing vaccination.
Next year’s priorities in terms of health are the following:
1. Covid 19 Response Operations (oxygen, Covid meds, PPE) and access to sustained vaccination
2. Strengthen the city’s Response Capacity to emergencies like institutionalizing the granular lockdown to the city’s strategic preparedness and response plan
3. Renew efforts to achieve Sustainable Developments Goals for the city (Universal Health Care for the City). (CIO MATI)
