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DOWNTREND. Baguio Mayor Benjamin Magalong relays to the local media on Tuesday (Jan. 25, 2022) the downtrend in Covid-19 cases, citing the city's data. He said they see the cases plateauing this week and dropping significantly by the second week of February. (Screengrab from Baguio PIO video) BAGUIO CITY - The city government here has projected the local coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) situation to plateau this week and expects to see a significant drop in numbers by the second week of February. Mayor Benjamin Magalong, in a media interview on Tuesday, said "if you look at ADAR (average daily attack rate), pababa rin tayo, including yung ating seven-day moving average (it is decreasing, even our seven-day moving average). Ang projection namin (our projection), most probably this week and next week is plateauing and then hopefully, by second week February we will see a downtrend in cases," he said. He said the city maintains its high testing rate and does not disregard ....

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