Baguio Delta cases 46; 95% jab target nears
>> Wednesday, October 20, 2021
By Aileen P. Refuerzo
BAGUIO CITY — The number of identified
Delta variant patients in the city climbed to 46 with the reporting of 14 newly
detected cases by the Philippine Genome Center last Oct. 10.
The bio-surveillance report included four Alpha variant and two Beta variant cases albeit these were belated data dating back to April and May.
The latest report brought the total of new variants of concern (VOC) cases in the city to 209 of which 46 are Delta, 112 are Alpha and 51 Beta.
Link analysis conducted by data analysts of the city’s lead contact tracing team showed a total of 7,210 persons were linked to the patients.
Based on the data provided by data analyst Jefferson Damoslog, nine of the newly identified Delta cases were part of household clusters while three belonged to the business process outsourcing (BPO) cluster.
The two others were part of the health worker and government institution clusters, respectively.
This, as the city government is getting closer to achieving its vaccination target of 95 percent of its 18-year old and above population before the year ends.
Mayor Benjamin Magalong said they are hoping to make the mark by the first week of December.
Based on the latest census of the city’s population totaling 366,000, the city’s eligible population for vaccination is at 281,000 and 95 percent of it is 266,950.
As of Oct. 10, a total of 207,626 or 73.86 percent had received at least one dose of the vaccine while 163,554 or 57.80 percent had received full doses.
The mayor said the target will be adjusted once the vaccination rollout for the 17 years old and below age group starts.
He said vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. had informed that the city and other parts of the country may start vaccinating said age group by November starting with the 15-17 years old.
For the 18 years old and above, the city still needs to inoculate some 30,000 essential workers or the A4 category and 7,000 indigents or A5, according to Asst. City Health Officer Dr. Celia Flor Brillantes.
Brillantes said this is based on the number of those who pre-registered with the city’s vaccination registration site as of Oct. 6.
Apart from these categories, there are also those belonging to the A6 or rest of the population category.
The mayor said verification and cleansing of the city’s vaccination data showed there are around 15,000 immunized individuals who turned out to be not from Baguio.
“But we are not taking it against them since it is also our way of helping other local government units which I am sure did the same thing for our residents in similar situation,” he said.
This number however will have be excluded from the city’s accomplishment report in terms of target eligible population.
The bio-surveillance report included four Alpha variant and two Beta variant cases albeit these were belated data dating back to April and May.
The latest report brought the total of new variants of concern (VOC) cases in the city to 209 of which 46 are Delta, 112 are Alpha and 51 Beta.
Link analysis conducted by data analysts of the city’s lead contact tracing team showed a total of 7,210 persons were linked to the patients.
Based on the data provided by data analyst Jefferson Damoslog, nine of the newly identified Delta cases were part of household clusters while three belonged to the business process outsourcing (BPO) cluster.
The two others were part of the health worker and government institution clusters, respectively.
This, as the city government is getting closer to achieving its vaccination target of 95 percent of its 18-year old and above population before the year ends.
Mayor Benjamin Magalong said they are hoping to make the mark by the first week of December.
Based on the latest census of the city’s population totaling 366,000, the city’s eligible population for vaccination is at 281,000 and 95 percent of it is 266,950.
As of Oct. 10, a total of 207,626 or 73.86 percent had received at least one dose of the vaccine while 163,554 or 57.80 percent had received full doses.
The mayor said the target will be adjusted once the vaccination rollout for the 17 years old and below age group starts.
He said vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. had informed that the city and other parts of the country may start vaccinating said age group by November starting with the 15-17 years old.
For the 18 years old and above, the city still needs to inoculate some 30,000 essential workers or the A4 category and 7,000 indigents or A5, according to Asst. City Health Officer Dr. Celia Flor Brillantes.
Brillantes said this is based on the number of those who pre-registered with the city’s vaccination registration site as of Oct. 6.
Apart from these categories, there are also those belonging to the A6 or rest of the population category.
The mayor said verification and cleansing of the city’s vaccination data showed there are around 15,000 immunized individuals who turned out to be not from Baguio.
“But we are not taking it against them since it is also our way of helping other local government units which I am sure did the same thing for our residents in similar situation,” he said.
This number however will have be excluded from the city’s accomplishment report in terms of target eligible population.
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