MANILA, Philippines — The incidence of COVID-19 infections nationwide appears to be leveling out, but a closer look will show that infections are increasing in the Visayas and Mindanao, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said on Monday.
Duque presented during President Rodrigo Duterte’s pre-recorded briefing a graph showing that the national average of new COVID-19 cases daily, from June 7 to 13, were at 6,609 — not far from the 6,558 from May 31 to June 6.
However, the number of cases per region showed an upward trend in the Visayas and Mindanao, compared to the plateau seen over the-so called National Capital Region (NCR) Plus — that is, Metro Manila, Bulacan, Cavite,…
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