The Health Agency announces 1198 new cases with 10 deaths as the country hits a 7-day average of 8.7% positivity rate. Almost half the cases today are from the NCR.

Mega Manila had 553 cases with 14 LGUs with double digits. This was led by Quezon City 98, followed by 73, Manila 70, Parañaque 64, Pasig 44, Taguig 41, Las Piñas 28, Muntinlupa 24, Pasay City 23, Caloocan 20, Marikina and Mandaluyong 18 each, Valenzuela 15 and San Juan 10. None of the LGUs in NCR have zero covid.

Cavite led the whole country with the most cases today with 104 cases. Other provinces and HUCs with double digits were: Laguna 70, Batangas 53, Rizal 40, Pampanga 41, Bulacan 32, Iloilo 64, Cebu 26, Batangas 13, Tarlac 10, Negros Occidental 18, Antique 12, Cebu 26, Davao City 19, and Pangasinan 12.

Marinduque saw 7 new cases today.

The positivity rate is up at 7.9% today, the low Tuesday. This, as the Health Agency announces 832 new cases and 8 added deaths.

The NCR accounted for 375 of the cases for the day (45%) with 13 LGUs reporting double digits. Quezon City led with 79 cases followed by Manila 58, Parañaque 37, Makati and Pasig 31 each, Taguig 28, Pasay and Mandaluyong 23 each, Muntinlupa and Caloocan 14 each, and Marikina 10. Navotas and Pateros had zero covid cases.

Other provinces and HUCs (highly urbanized cities) outside of NCR that saw double digits for the day are: Cavite 71, Laguna 39, Rizal 37, Batangas 34, Bulacan 18, Pampanga 23, Nueva Ecija 16, Iloilo 43, Negros Occidental 17, Cebu 33, Davao City 21, Pangasinan 12 and Baguio City 12.

The positivity rate continued to climb upwards as the PH saw a 60% rise in cases from the 7-day average for the week June 27-July 3, 2022 compared to June 20-26, 2022. For the past week, the Philippines recorded 7,368 new cases compared to the 4,634 cases seen the week of June 20-26. There were 19 cases categorized as severe and critical (which comprised only 0.26% of the new cases), while there were 74 added deaths (none of which occurred between June 20 – July 3, 2022 or considered as fresh).

The non-ICU bed utilization was at 4342 (of 21,791 beds used) for the week of June 27-July 3 compared to 4034 (of 22,252 bed used) during the previous week. This brings the non-ICU bed utilization slightly up at 19.9% compared to 18.1% the previous week. ICU bed utilization was 381 (of 2,487 beds) the past week compared to 391 (of 2,628 beds) the previous week. A tad up at 15.3% the past week versus 14.9% the week of June 20-26. There were less severe and critical admissions in spite of the higher number of cases this week, with 497 admissions compared to 591 the week of June 20-26.

Vaccine coverage is at 78.64%, up from a previous 78.17%, while the A2 population coverage is at 77.66% (from 77.48%). Individuals with booster/additional doses are very low as only a little more than 200,000 individuals took advantage of the booster doses available.

The Health Agency announces 1188 new cases with 10 additional deaths. The positivity rate begins this week at 7%. There are 557 cases today from NCR. Quezon City led with 134 cases. Eleven other LGUs in Mega Manila had double digits: Manila 86, Makati 65, Parañaque 55, Pasig 43, Taguig 33, Las Piñas 27, Mandaluyong 26, Pasay City 22, Marikina 18, Muntinlupa 15 and Caloocan 12.

Outside NCR, Cavite is the only province that reported triple digits with 104 cases. Other provinces and HUCs with double digits today were: Laguna 52, Rizal 58, Batangas 37, Quezon Province 10, Bulacan 25, Pampanga 35, Bataan 10, Iloilo 75, Negros Occidental 15, Aklan 16, Cebu 52, Cagayan Valley 10, Davao City 14, Pangasinan 13, and Baguio City 14.

Cagayan de Oro and Albay had 6 cases each today.

The Health Agency announces 1323 new cases today with 14 deaths. NCR led the pack with more than 50% of cases for the day. Quezon City had triple digits with 142 cases. This was followed by 13 other LGUs in Mega Manila with double digits. They were: Manila 99, Makati 86, Taguig 53, Pasig 43, Parañaque 39, Mandaluyong 36, Muntinlupa 33, Marikina 31, Pasay City 28, Valenzuela 18, Las Piñas 17, San Juan 14, and Caloocan City 13. None of the LGUs had zero covid.

Outside of NCR, saw more provinces and HUCs with double digits and rising cases. Those with double digits were: Cavite 74, Iloilo 69, Laguna 66, Rizal 54, Cebu 53, Batangas 38, Bulacan 32, Pampanga 27, Benguet 21, Davao del Sur 17, Negros Occidental 16, Bataan and La Union 13, Antique and Isabela 13, Pangasinan and South Cotabato 11.

Albay and Camarines Sur had 9 cases each.

THE WEEK IN REVIEW

The Philippines is seeing a 7-day average of 989 cases/day with the country tipping the 1,000 mark mid-week this week. Notice, however, that most countries in East Asia are on a slight upward tick because of omicron subvariants B.A.5, B.A.4 and B.A.2.12.1. These are more highly transmissible than delta and present predominantly as mild infections (or even asymptomatic) among those who are fully vaccinated with boosters compared to the unvaccinated group.

On a per capita (new cases per million population) basis (which is a better reflection of the situation of the epidemic in the country), Brunei tops the list, followed by Taiwan and Singapore with four digits. With Vietnam’s cases easing down, they now have an average of 750 daily cases with 7.51 per million population a day.

The reproduction rate is highest in Indonesia and the Philippines where the latter has an effective Rt of 1.4 (+/- 0.05) and a 7-day positivity rate of close to 7%. Notice that except for Thailand, Vietnam and Taiwan, all the rest of the East Asian nations have a Rt >1.0.

The Health Agency announces 1302 new cases, while the positivity rate remained at 6.6%. There are 13 deaths added today. The NCR accounted for 48% of the cases for the day.

In Mega Manila, Quezon City led with 134 new cases while 13 LGUs had double digits. These were: Manila and Makati 83 each, Parañaque 52, Pasig 40, Pasay City 38, Las Piñas and Mandaluyong 34, Taguig 29, Muntinlupa 24, Marikina 20, Caloocan 14, San Juan 11 and Valenzuela. Pateros was the lone LGU in NCR with zero covid.

Outside of NCR, many provinces and HUCs are seeing rising cases. This was led by Cavite with 132 cases or almost half the 295 cases in CALABARZON for the day. Rizal had 65, Laguna 59, Batangas 33, and Quezon Province 6.

Other provinces and HUCs with double digits were: Iloilo 66, Cebu 49, Pampanga 32, Bulacan 24, Negros Occidental 16, Davao City and Baguio City 13 cases apiece, Cagayan de Oro 12, and Pangasinan 11.

Areas that saw increasing cases today were: Aklan 9, Benguet 7, General Santos 7. Albay 8, Zamboanga City and South Cotabato 6 each.

And these are just those where PCR is done. No rapid antigen results are added to the daily count.

The Health Agency announces 1,243 new cases with a 6.6% 7-day positivity rate today. There were 10 added deaths to the tally. NCR accounted for (47.6%) of today’s cases.

In Mega Manila, Quezon City led the haul with 141 cases today and was the only LGU that continued to have triple digits for the last two days. There were 12 LGUs with double digits: Manila 78, Makati 70, Taguig 56, Pasig 44, Parañaque 43, San Juan 29, Las Piñas 28, Mandaluyong and Pasay City 22, Muntinlupa 19, Marikina 14, and Caloocan 11. No LGU in NCR had zero COVID.

CALABARZON had the second highest cases among all regions with 246 cases today. This was led by Cavite with 87, Laguna 55, Batanagas 47, Rizal 44, and Quezon Province 13.

More provinces and HUCs recorded rising cases today. These included: Iloilo 76, Cebu 55, Bulacan 34, Pampanga 17, Nueva Ecija 12, Negros Occidental 13, Davao City 15, Pangasinan 18, Baguio City 19, Bohol 18, and Negros Oriental 11.

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.

The Health Agency announces 781 new cases with a 7-day positivity average up at 6.2%. There are 11 added deaths today.

The NCR owned 47% of the cases for the day, with Quezon City leading with 78 cases. Other LGUs with double digits were: Manila 46, Makati 39, Parañaque 31, Pasig 30, Las Piñas and Muntinlupa 25 each, Mandaluyong and Taguig 22 each, Pasay City 13, Caloocan 12, and Marikina 11. None of the LGUs in NCR had zero covid today.

128 cases were attributed to CALABARZON. Cavite led with 45 cases followed by Laguna 32, Batangas 27, Rizal 22 and Quezon Province 2.

Other provinces/HUCs with double digits today were: Iloilo 49, Pampanga 37, Baguio City 26, Bulacan 24, Cebu 21, and Pangasinan 11.

The Health Agency announces 576 new cases with 13 added deaths today as the positivity rate jumps to 6.1%. The NCR owned 282 of the cases for the day.

The City of Makati led Mega Manila with 48 cases. This was followed by Quezon City with 47, Manila 39, Parañaque 32, Taguig 23, Mandaluyong and Pasig with 17 each, Pasay City 15, Las Piñas 14 and Muntinlupa 11.

CALABARZON had 94 cases today, with Cavite 34, Rizal 26, Batangas 18 and Laguna 16.

Other provinces and HUCs with double digits were: Bulacan 20, Pampanga 10, Iloilo and Cebu 34 each, Davao City 18, Pangasinan 11.

Zamboanga City saw 7 cases today.

There are 50 new cases of BA.5, BA.4 and BA.2.12.1 announced by the Health Agency as well.

As the reproduction number and the positivity rates continue to increase in the country, the week of June 20-26, 2022 saw a 53% jump in cases compared to the week of June 13-19, 2022. There were 4,634 new cases (7-day average of 662 cases/day) compared to 3,051 the week prior (436 cases/day). Of the cases added this week, 14 were severe and critical cases at the time of testing. There were a total of 51 deaths added the week of June 20-26 but none of them were recent (or occurred between June 13-26).

Healthcare utilization for the week was 4,034 of 22,251 (18.1%) non-ICU beds compared to the previous week of 4,033 of 22,156 (18.2%) non ICU beds. ICU bed utilization was 391 of 2,628 (14.9%) this week versus 385 of 2,636 (14.6%) from last week. Critical and severe covid admissions is up at 591 vs 554 the week prior.

There were more people that had been fully vaccinated this week as more than 323,000 were added, pushing the coverage for the target population to 78.17%. Individuals with boosters or additional doses remained a paltry 108,945 for the week compared to more than 327,000 boosters given in the previous week. The A2 coverage hardly moved at 77.48% (from a previous 77.47%).

The Health Agency announces 867 new cases today with no deaths. The positivity rate resets to 5.7% today. The NCR, which remains the epicenter of the pandemic had 434 cases today with Quezon City, for the first time breaching the triple digit mark with 103 new cases. This was followed by Manila 55, Makati 44, Parañaque 41, Mandaluyong 32, Las Piñas 31, Pasig 23, Taguig and Muntinlupa with 20 each, Marikina 18, Caloocan City 17 and Pasay City 12. Only Navotas had zero covid today.

In the CALABARZON area, 158 cases were reported with Cavite 51, Laguna 44, Batangas 34, Rizal 26, Quezon Province 3.

Other provinces and HUCs (highly urbanized cities) that saw double digits were: Bulacan 13, Pampanga 19, Iloilo 50, Cebu 35, Davao City 18, and Pangasinan 17.