The Health Agency announces 776 new cases with 157 (20%) belonging to NCR. There were 32 added deaths and the 7-day positivity rate is at 11.1%.

Provinces in the Visayas Region led the haul today with Cebu reporting 50 new cases followed by Iloilo 39 and Negros Occidental 31. Other provinces and HUCs (highly urbanized cities) with double digits today were: Cavite 34, Baguio City 28, Rizal 28, Laguna 24, Batangas 16, Nueva Ecija 17, South Cotabato 15, Pangasinan 16, La Union 16, Cagayan de Oro 16, Bulacan 12, Tarlac 11, Pampanga 10, Davao del Sur 12, Bukidnon 13, Sultan Kudarat 13 and Maguindanao 10.

In NCR, Manila led the LGUs with 30 cases followed by Quezon City 29, Pasig 13, Taguig and Las Piñas 11 and Mandaluyong 10. All other LGUs had single digit.

The Health Agency announces 782 new cases with 10.9% positivity and 34 added deaths. NCR owned 23.8% of the cases with Quezon City leading the national haul with 50 cases. Four other LGUs in NCR had double digits> Manila 28, Makati 27, Pasig 19 and Las Piñas 10.

Outside NCR, the province of Cebu led with 46 cases followed by Iloilo 39, Cavite 37, Negros Occidental 31 and Pangasinan 31.

It was a low Wednesday considering that October 31 was a holiday. And expecting triple digits also tomorrow November 3.

Today, the Health Agency announces 775 new cases with 10.6% positivity and 36 added deaths. The NCR owned 23.6% of the cases but as reporting systems would go, is most likely highly under reported as these positive tests are only based on PCR results.

Quezon City led the haul with 54 cases followed by Manila 34, Parañaque 13, Makati and Marikina 12 each, and Las Piñas 11. All other LGUs in Mega Manila reported single digit with Pateros having zero COVID.

Outside of NCR, the highest number came from Cebu 64, followed by Iloilo 52. Many provinces reported double digits but were actually les than 30 cases.

As predicted, the first days of the week will show very low cases because of the long weekend.

The Health Agency announces 676 new cases with 10.3% positivity and 35 added deaths. Of these, only 20.8% came from NCR (141 cases).

The highest number of cases came from Cebu 43, Iloilo 41, Cavite 39, Negros Occidental 36 and South Cotabato 31.

In NCR, only 4 LGUs had double digits: Quezon City 33, Manila 22, Parañaque 12 and Muntinlupa 10.

Other areas with double digits today were: Laguna 16, Rizal 19, Bulacan 13, Davao del Sur 26, Pampanga 19, Nueva Ecija 12, Baguio 10, Benguet 11, Pangasinan 15, La Union 11, Ilocos Norte 18, Cagayan de Oro 13 and Misamis Oriental 18.

The Health Agency announces 1099 new cases with 41 added deaths. As it is a Monday, the positivity rate is reset and is lower at 10.3% (still higher than the 5% threshold acceptable by the WHO). NCR owned 25.6% of the cases today with 281.

Only 10 LGUs in NCR reported double digits led by Quezon City 63, Taguig 33, Makati 28, Manila and Parañaque 25, Mauntinlupa 23, Pasig 21, Caloocan 17, Pasay City 13 and Las Piñas 10. Two LGUs had zero COVID today – San Juan and Pateros.

Davao del Sur led the haul in the country with 106 cases (with 34 coming from Davao City). This was followed by Cebu with 78, Cavite with 66 and Iloilo with 60.

It’s been almost three years since the first SARS-CoV-2 case was reported out of China.

While the pandemic had put the world at an economic and medical crisis, things have petered out slowly. However, with evolving variants and sub variants, we are not out of the woods yet. In the first year of the pandemic, the spread of the original Wuhan variant had far reaching effects. The second year was chaotic as original variant had mutated to produce the alpha, beta, gamma, and delta variants of concern. It closed 2021 with South Africa announcing the variant Omicron. The year 2022 would be a sub variant year as Omicron had produced children and grand children from the progeny. The good news is that the offsprings of Omicron would produce mild symptoms in majority of the people and that vaccines remained protective at making the disease severe. The bad news is that with the new sub variants, treatment with monoclonal antibodies have become more challenging as immune escape became the hall mark of the grandchildren of Omicron.

As of October 23, 2022, the World Health Organization announces the continued decline in cases globally. The number of cases had decreased by 15% during the week of October 17-23, 2022 (vs. the previous week). New weekly deaths also declined by 13% (vs. the previous week) with more than 8500 deaths. As of October 23, more than 624 million confirmed cases of COVID have been recorded (with some of them as repeat cases)). Of these cases, >1% have died.

On a regional levels, there is an overall decline in cases except for the Region of the Americas (+2%) and Eastern Mediterranean Region (+9%).

At the country level, highest new weekly cases were from Germany, France, China, USA and Italy. Highest numbers of new weekly deaths came from the USA, Russian Federation, Italy, France and China.

The World Health continued to warn against taking the data at face value. Instead, cases and deaths should be interpreted with caution as several countries have been changing strategies at testing, resulting in lower overall numbers of tests done and reported.

Meanwhile, the Health Agency announces 1370 new cases with 12.3% positivity and 38 added deaths today. The NCR owned 329 of these cases.

In NCR, Quezon City led the haul with 90 cases. All other LGUs had less than 50 cases: Manila 40, Las Piñas 26, Makati and Taguig 22 each, Pasay City 21, Parañaque 16, Navotas 15, Mandaluyong and Valenzuela 12 each, Pasig, Caloocan, Muntinlupa, and Marikina with 11 each.

In the provinces, the following provinces had more than 50 but less than 100 cases: Davao del Sur 82, Laguna 78, Iloilo 76, Cebu 72 and Cavite 69.

Provinces that saw slightly higher numbers today were: Pangasinan 30, Baguio 30 and Camarines Sur 22.

With the long weekend, the PH should continue to see lower cases the next few days and revert to regular trends on Thursday, November 3.

As Typhoon Paeng slammed many parts of the Philippines, with a direct trajectory to Metro Manila, the Health Agency announced 1391 new cases with 36 added deaths and a positivity rate that has not moved at 12.5%. Around 29% of the day’s cases belonged to NCR.

The province with the highest haul was Cavite with 78 followed by Cebu 68, Davao del Sur 67, Laguna 66, Iloilo 65, Rizal 57 and Negros Occidental 56. All other provinces had less than 50 cases.

In NCR, Quezon City continued the haul with 75 cases followed by Manila with 54. The following LGUs had less than 50 cases: Taguig 41, Pasig 32, Las Piñas 29, Makati 26, Parañaque 25, Muntinlupa 23, Valenzuela 19, Marikina and Mandaluyong 17 each, Pasay City 15 and Caloocan 14.

[Sorry for the late post. There was no electricity till late in the evening due to the typhoon. Stay safe everyone!]

The Health Agency announces 1551 new cases with 12.5% positivity and 38 added deaths.

Cases are up in the Mindanao Region especially Northern Mindanao and Davao Region. In the Visayas area, cases are up in Central and Western Visayas. NCR owned only 23% of the cases today.

The haul today was led by Cavite with 106 cases followed by Laguna with 94, Iloilo 90 and Davao del Sur with 84. Cebu had 69 cases.

In NCR, Quezon City continued to lead with 73 cases followed by Manila with 43, Las Piñas 39, Muntinlupa 36, Makati 27, Pasig 24, Parañaque 22, Taguig 20, Pasay City 18, Caloocan 14, Mandaluyong 13 and Marikina 12.

The Health Agency announces 1379 new cases, 12.5% positivity and 38 added deaths today. NCR continued to see declining cases as it owned only 23.6% of the cases for the day.

The cases today were led by Cebu with 97 followed by Cavite with 88, Iloilo 74, Pangasinan 54 and Bulacan 53.

In NCR, only Quezon City reported more than 50 cases with 75 cases today. Ten other LGUs reported low double digits: Manila 41, Taguig 30, Parañaque 29, Makati 28, Las Piñas 27, Pasay City 16, Pasig and Valenzuela 14, Marikina 12 and Caloocan 11.

The Health Agency announces 1121 new cases, 12.5% positivity rate and 37 added deaths. The National Capital Region is seeing lower cases (and while under reported) with 318 new cases today.

In Mega Manila, there were only 11 of the 17 LGUs that had double digits, led by Quezon City with 92. All other LGUs had less than 50 cases apiece – Manila 37, Makati 26, Parañaque 23, Pasay City and Muntinlupa with 21 each, Pasig 20, Las Piñas 19, Valenzuela 11 and Caloocan 10.

Provinces with more than 50 but less than 100 cases today were: Iloilo 70, Negros Occidental 56, Cavite 55 and Laguna 53.

Two areas in North Luzon saw rising cases today – Baguio City 29 and Benguet 21.