Metro Manila has been reclassified as high risk again due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases.
The Department of Health said that apart from Metro Manila, the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), Ilocos Region, Cagayan Valley, Central Visayas, and Northern Mindanao are also under “high risk”.
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The six regions recorded an increase in their average daily attack rates (ADAR), or the number of confirmed cases in a certain area or population.
The DOH said that healthcare utilization rate in NCR is 46.52% while its intensive care utilization rate is 54.82%.
Metro Manila will shift back to the strictest form of quarantine on August 6 to contain the spread of the Delta COVID-19 cases.
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6,879 new COVID-19 cases have been recorded on Tuesday, increasing the overall total to 1,612,541.
63,137 are considered active cases or patients currently ill because of the virus. (TDT)
