MANILA, Philippines —The OCTA Research Group on Saturday tagged three cities outside of Metro Manila as areas of concern after concerning spikes in the infections of COVID-19 in the area.
Identified by OCTA are the cities of Cagayan de Oro, Puerto Princesa, and Bacolod.
Calamba, Laguna is also experiencing a 21 percent spike in cases from the previous week, despite being part of the NCR Plus bubble, but OCTA did not voice too much concern on the city.
“While the trend in the NCR is stable, the trend in Laguna is not yet stable. Specifically, there was an increase in new cases in Calamba. Outside the NCR Bubble, the following are considered areas of concern due to a rise …
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