CDNTopStories: In the letter of Labella to Central Visayas Regional Interagency Task Force (RIATF-7), the mayor pointed out that the supposed grounds of IATF to place the city under the ECQ no longer stands true.
June 17,2020 - 08:50 PM
The IATF stated that the Coronavirus Disease 2019 cases in the city doubled in 6.63 days or less than a week, which it considers high risk; that the city’s critical utilization rate as of June 14 stood at 60 mechanical ventilators , 27 ICUs , 399 isolation beds , 133-bed wards ; that 61 out of 80 barangays are affected and with active cases; and that the city logged a testing positivity rate of 33 to 36 percent.
He noted that Cebu City’s recovery rate is higher compared to the national average of 23.66 percent and its case fatality rate is lower compared to the national average of 4.16 percent. The BICs were activated to accommodate asymptomatic patients whose situations do not allow for home quarantine such as in the case of informal settlers.
Regarding the high number of barangays–61 out of 80–with Covid-19 infections, the mayor contends that the basis should not be cumulative cases but the remaining active cases and recoveries.
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