A health expert believes there is no longer a need for Metro Manila to return to a modified ECQ, as he notes the region's 'much lower' number of fresh cases. The country's capital logged 61 fresh and 89 late cases for a total of 150 infections today.
— Another 518 coronavirus cases were added by the Department of Health to the national tally, which rose to 22,992 on Tuesday.
The Tuesday bulletin showed that Central Visayas registered the highest number of fresh cases with 82. Including late cases, the region had 86 new infections. While the DOH continues to report hundreds of new cases daily, infectious disease expert Dr. Benjamin Co said the recent coronavirus figures looked encouraging for the country's capital region.
He added that although the government failed to reach its 30,000 daily testing capacity target by the end of May, the current 10,000 tests per day is already “good enough.”
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