(JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Metro Manila is again on a downward trend after a "slight reversal" over the past week, independent research group OCTA said on Wednesday, June 9. "The cases in NCR [National Capital Region] is on a
(JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN) OCTA Research on Wednesday, June 9, said the National Capital Region (NCR) Plus area, along with Davao City and Western Visayas, are considered "epidemic epicenters" due to the high daily average number of new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases. Dr. Guido David,
Published June 4, 2021, 2:55 PM
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Independent research group OCTA on Friday, June 4, expressed a “slight concern” due to the observed “uptick” of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in some areas in Metro Manila.
OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David said the uptick in cases shows that the trend in Metro Manila remains “uneven.”
“Some LGUs [local government units] are decreasing, for example, San Juan has a 17 percent decrease in cases over the past week but we see LGUs like Parañaque and Caloocan which had a fairly significant increase in cases. We hope, of course, these are just fluctuations in the trend due to isolated events,” David said during a virtual forum organized by the Cardinal Santos Medical Center and OCTA Research on Friday.
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OCTA Research fellow Ranjit Rye said mobility is among the reasons that drive the increase in cases in areas outside the National Capital Region (NCR). It is the mobility of people that could possibly carry the virus to the provinces, he said.
“The national government really has to rethink our domestic travel protocols. We really need to make them stricter,” OCTA Research fellow Ranjit Rye said in an interview over CNN Philippines on Saturday, May 29.
“Right now we’re not yet out of the woods. We’re just healing in the National Capital Region,” he added.
The Department of Health said there have been gradual and sustained increases in COVID-19 infections all over Visayas and Mindanao as the national daily case count continues to rise anew.