CORONAVIRUS infections in the Philippines are not about to peak “any time soon” because the surge was now being felt in regions outside Metro Manila, according to researchers from the country’s premier university. READ:
“The surge is no longer just in the National Capital Region Plus,” Fredegusto P. David, a fellow from the OCTA Research Group of the University of the Philippines, told ABS-CBN TeleRadyo on Sunday in mixed English and Filipino. “It’s now all over the Philippines. It would not peak in the entire country even if we say that cases have peaked in the region.”
Mr. David said if cases in the capital region start falling this week, the drop in the growth rate was probably caused by the peak. “Restrictions on mobility and opportunities for crowding might be warranted considering the surge in cases,” he said in a Facebook Messenger chat. “However, these are short-term and won’t hold. The call for streamlined contact-tracing is still there.”The death toll increased by 50 to 52,907, while recoveries rose by 30,037 to 2.86 million, the Department of Health said in a bulletin.
DoH said 98% of the latest cases occurred from Jan. 3 to Jan. 16. The top regions with new cases in the past two weeks were Metro Manila with 15,591, Calabarzon with 8,384 and Central Luzon with 3,232 infections. The Health department said 49% of intensive care unit beds in the country had been used, while the rate for Metro Manila was 57%.
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