Dissecting Data: Are COVID19 cases finally coming down in the Philippines?
MANILA -- Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick Chua said there are signs of an opening for the lifting of restrictive quarantine conditions. He said this while delivering news on the 5th straight quarter of contraction of the Philippine economy amid the global COVID-19 pandemic. His goal was obviously to boost confidence in the economy, and the still nascent recovery. DOH reports 4,842 new cases today. This brings the total to 1,118,359 cases with 53,214 active.
Less tests mean less accurate data. The Health Department acknowledged this as a real problem. However, daily testing totals over the last two weeks are much improved compared to 2020 levels. More importantly, only Regions 7 and 11 registered positivity rates close to the WHO benchmark of 5 percent.
NCR cases also accounted for 32 percent of the national total over the last two weeks. This was lower compared to the 49 percent share in the first 2 weeks of April.
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