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By March 2022, the Philippines will enter its third year of dealing with the coronavirus pandemic
MANILA, Philippines – Another year of the coronavirus pandemic has passed.
By March 2022, the Philippines will enter its third year of dealing with the virus that affected the whole world.
Before 2021 ends, let’s take a look at numbers that mattered.
Coronavirus cases
168
Lowest reported one-day tally of new cases in 2021 (so far), logged on December 21
29.5%
Highest reported daily positivity rate on record, logged on September 7, 2021
0.78%
Lowest reported daily positivity rate on record (so far), logged on December 18, 2021
Read Rappler’s coverage of the pandemic:
- Pandemic in 2021: How the Philippines responded to COVID-19
- IN CHARTS: COVID-19 cases in the Philippines
- MAPS: COVID-19 in the Philippines
- TIMELINE: The novel coronavirus pandemic
- EXPLAINER: Ano ang pagkakaiba ng mutation, variant, at strain?
- COVID-19 holiday plans: What would experts do?
Vaccination rollout
202,660,355
Vaccine doses delivered to the country, as of December 27, 2021
106,290,941
Vaccine doses administered, as of December 27, 2021
51.68%
Share of the Philippine population who have received the first dose, as of December 27, 2021
43.43%
Share of the Philippine population who are fully vaccinated, as of December 27, 2021
Read Rappler’s coverage of the vaccine rollout:
- TRACKER: The Philippines’ COVID-19 vaccine distribution
- TRACKER: Status of vaccination in Metro Manila
- TRACKER: The Philippines’ plans for COVID-19 boosters, third doses
- In COVID-19 battle, herd immunity isn’t the only goal the PH needs to reach
- 8 takeaways from the Philippines’ COVID-19 vaccine drive in 2021
- Rappler Talk: Dr. Maria Quizon on the Philippines’ COVID-19 booster drive
- 5 myths about COVID-19 vaccines debunked
Economy and employment
P41.4 trillion
Estimated long-run total cost of pandemic and quarantines for the next 40 years, according to the National Economic and Development Authority.
7.4%
Unemployment rate as of October 2021, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).
3.5 million Filipinos
With no jobs as of October 2021, according to PSA.
16.1%
Underemployment rate, or Filipinos looking to work more hours, as of October 2021, according to PSA.
Read Rappler’s coverage of labor and employment:
- More Filipinos find work in October 2021, but pay not enough
- On Labor Day, workers slam ‘irresponsible’ Duterte government
- COVID-19’s disproportionate impact on Filipinos with visual impairments
- The gold trap: COVID-19 is pushing more Filipino children into hazardous work
- Who peels your garlic: Inside Manila’s informal economy
- Overworked, underpaid health workers are walking away as Delta ravages PH
- No benefits, small pay for delivery riders amid pandemic
- On Heroes’ Day, health workers protest over unreleased benefits
- With piles of COVID-19 waste, PH trash collectors fear for their lives
- Rappler Talk: Mental health status of Filipino workers during pandemic
- [PODCAST] Beyond the Stories: Mga problema ng manggagawa hatid ng pandemya
- Red-tagged and jobless: The plight of ex-Holcim workers in Davao
- PH workers’ courage vs Duterte an ‘inspiration’ to the world – global watchdog
- Amid pandemic, red-tagging, Philippine labor unions feel alone in their battles
- Stubborn inflation stays above target at 4.2% in November 2021
- Rappler Talk: How should the Philippines rise from the pandemic?
- COVID-19 pandemic to cost PH P41.4 trillion over next 4 decades – NEDA
- IN CHARTS: Philippine economy, a year in lockdown
- Pandemic scars: More Filipinos to remain poor, unemployed even by 2022
Hunger and poverty
11.4 million Filipino families
Considered themselves poor in the third quarter of 2021, according to a Social Weather Stations (SWS) September 2021 survey.
2.5 million Filipino families
Experienced hunger due to not having food to eat at least once in the past three months, according to an SWS September 2021 survey.
26.1 million Filipinos
Lived below the poverty line during the first quarter of 2021, according to PSA.
P12,082
What a family of five needs monthly to meet the most basic food and non-food needs, according to PSA.
Read Rappler’s coverage of poverty in the Philippines:
- World leaders must recognize link between hunger, climate crisis – WFP
- Isolated Philippine communities are safe from coronavirus, but not from hunger
- Policy experts, farmers call for sustainable programs to address hunger
- Pandemic pushes 26.1 million Filipinos to poverty
- Pandemic scars: More Filipinos to remain poor, unemployed even by 2022
– Rappler.com
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