Daily coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the Philippines rose 50 percent to 389 for December 12 to 18, up 50 percent from the previous week, the Department of Health (DOH) said Monday.

The DOH said there was an average of 260 cases daily for the period of December 5 to 11.

There were 16 additional severe and critical cases with 16 deaths in the last seven days.

The DOH said there are 211 severe and critical cases in the country, as of December 17, with 142 in ICU beds. DMS