The number of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in the National Capital Region (NCR) and a number of provinces continues to rise as the extended modified enhanced community quarantine nears its end.
According to Dano Tingcungco’s report on “24 Oras Weekend,” OCTA Research group fellow Guido David said that cases also continue to rise in Cavite, Laguna, some areas of Rizal, Bulacan, Pampanga, Davao, Batangas, Cagayan, Isabela, Pangasinan, Zambales, Bohol, and Bukidnon.
“But we saw that Cebu City is peaking and now it’s on a downward trend… itong Delta surge, this will pass din naman. It will peak at some point. This is not going to continue forever. But it won’t stop unless we try to control it,” he said.
OCTA said that the reproduction number in NCR is now decreasing to 1.39.
The downward trend which was projected for the first week of September may occur in the second or third week of the month.
“The reproduction number of the Delta variant is 50% higher than the reproduction number of the previous. Secondly, when we have the ECQ, MECQ, mobility was higher compared to last March to April,” David said.
“Why is mobility higher? Some people are saying, there is pandemic fatigue and people are tired of it,” he added.
According to the Department of Health (DOH), the Inter-Agency Task Force is still identifying the course of action after the end of the MECQ.
Based on its projection, the agency said cases will still continue to rise despite the implementation of community quarantine classifications.
“‘Yun pong mga scenarios na atin pong pinakita, kahit po tayo ay magkaroon ng pangmalawakan na community quarantine restriction, patuloy pa rin pong tataas ang mga kaso hanggang sa dulo ng Setyembre,” Health undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said.
(Even if we continue to have community quarantine restrictions, cases will still rise until the end of September.)
“Ang atin na lang pong hope ay ‘yung severe and critical, huwag na sanang dumami pa so dapat po magpabakuna (We hope that severe and critical cases will no longer go up so get vaccinated),” she added. -Joahna Lei Casilao/MDM, GMA News
0 Comments