(File photo) MANILA - The number of new Covid-19 cases in the National Capital Region and 38 other areas under Alert Level 1 continues to go down, an OCTA Research Group fellow said Monday. Since the group's prediction of less than 1,000 new cases by March, Dr. Guido David noted that the numbers might continue to decrease to a few hundred at the end of the month. "Medyo nag-slow down, pero bumababa pa rin, 'yun ang mahalaga (It has slowed down, but it's still going down, that's the important thing)," David said in a televised public briefing. "About 300 to 500 [new cases] tulad ng nakita natin December last year bago pumasok ang taon na ito (just like what we've seen in December last year before this year entered." The slow downward trend in the Covid-19 numbers could be attributed to decreased vaccination data and population protection, he added. To continue the decrease in cases, the group said the public must continue adhering to minimum publi