The Health Agency announces 1,309 new cases with a rising 7-day positivity rate at 6.4% and 14 deaths today. This means that the daily positivity rate is almost 10% in the country and even past that in NCR. NCR accounted for 672 (51.3%) of the national tally.
Quezon City led the pack with 150 cases. Thirteen of the 17 LGUs in NCR had double digits. Those with double digits in Mega Manila were: Makati 91, Manila 75, Parañaque 52, Pasig 46, Mandaluyong 41, Taguig and Pasay 38 each, Las Piñas 29, Caloocan and Marikina 27 each, San Juan 20, Muntinlupa 13 and Valenzuela 11. None of the LGUs in NCR had zero covid.
CALABARZON hits 231 new cases today with Cavite 85, Laguna 47, Rizal 46, Batangas 40 and Quezon Province 13.
Other provinces with double digits were: Bulacan 35, Pampang 25, Bataan 19, Nueva Ecija 16, Iloilo 70, Cebu 30, Cagayan Valley 11, Pangasinan 10.
HUCs (highly urbanized cities) that reported double digits were Davao City 14 and Baguio City 24.
And we have not peaked yet.
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