MANILA, Philippines—Metro Manila has a lower COVID-19 testing output, but the number of tests has been on the rise in the Visayas and Mindanao amid the rising cases, the Department of Health (DOH) reported Monday.
Health Undersecretary and spokesperson Maria Rosario Vergeire said Metro Manila used to record about 232,000 COVID-19 tests per week, but that’s down now to only around 189,000 a week.
“Part of this would be maybe the reduction in the number of cases. Second, it may be that we are using another testing methodology kasi for this NCR Plus bubble,” she told an online media briefing.
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