AT least 4,600 Covid-19 daily cases is projected by the Department of Health in the National Capital Region by mid-July amid the public’s increased mobility and declining compliance with minimum public health standards.
In a radio interview, Health department Undersecretary Ma. Rosario Vergeire said “May updated projections po tayo kung saan ang ginamit po na assumptions, unang-una yung mataas na mobility sa ating bansa, and then second yung pag-decline ng compliance sa minimum public health standards.”
She added that the public’s compliance with minimum health protocols declined by 21 percent.
“Currently po ang decline na po natin sa pag-comply ay 21 percent, ‘pag ganito po ang nangyari, we are seeing that by the middle of July, baka tumaas pa ang ating daily cases dito sa National Capital Region from 3,800 to 4,600,” she said.
“So ito po yung atin pong bagong projections compared ito sa number of daily cases natin sa ngayon [So these are our new projections compared to the number of daily cases now],” she added.
On Monday, the DOH reported a total of 4,634 new COVID-19 cases in the country between June 20 and 26, an increase of 53 percent compared with the 3,051 cases logged in the previous week.
“Nakikita nga natin na tuloy tuloy tumataas ang mga kaso dito sa ating bansa and nakita rin po natin na mukhang pati yung positivity rate natin ay tumataas,” Vergeire said.
However, the DOH official stressed that no significant increase in severe and critical cases has been recorded.
