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MANILA - All regions in the country remain under low-risk classification for Covid-19 despite increase in the number of new infections. In an online media forum Thursday, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the country logged 8,248 new cases from June 30 to July 6 with an average of 1,178 cases per day. She noted the figure is somehow similar with the average during the last week of February until the first week of March at 1,194 cases per day. "For, the National Capital Region (NCR), there are 550 cases per day, which continues to show sharp increase starting middle of May 2022. Among the remaining areas, the rest of Luzon, the NCR Plus areas, Visayas continue to have sharp increases but they are lower than 250 cases per day, while in Mindanao 50 cases per day," she said. Most of the regions have less than one per 100,000 population average daily attack rate. However, the NCR, Calabarzon, and Western Visayas have an average daily attack rate of one to 3.4 cases ....
MANILA - Local government units (LGUs) have spent PHP118.9 billion combined on coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) response measures as of June 2021, according to preliminary data gathered by the Bureau of Local Government Finance (BLGF). In a report to Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III, the BLGF said of the total, PHP76.44 billion came from LGUs own funds and another PHP35.44 billion from the Bayanihan Grant under the 2020 national budget and in view of the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act (Bayanihan 1), whose effectivity was extended up to last year. LGUs also utilized PHP4.93 billion of their unexpended cash balances of public funds held in trust that were transferred to the general fund (GF) of LGUs to support their pandemic response efforts. Another PHP2.14 billion spent by LGUs came from grants and donations, the BLGF said. Under Republic Act 11494 or the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act (Bayanihan 2), the unexpended cash balances of public funds held in trust by the local govern ....