The Department of Health has expressed concern over complacency and lack of compliance following the easing of Metro Manila’s Alert Level to 2.
Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that DOH projects that cases may reach up to 52,393 active cases next month if people continue to ignore minimum health protocols.
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“If we completely relax our adherence to safety protocols, if the detection-to-isolation rate decreases, and mobility increases, we can have these high numbers until the end of December,” Vergeire said in a briefing on Saturday.
“But if current movement restrictions, now at about 82 percent, are maintained and detection-to-isolation rate is kept at five days or less, active cases are expected to drop to 22,000 by Nov. 15,” she added.
The country recorded 2,656 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, the highest in the last five days. This raised the total number of cases to 2,800,621.
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5,130 patients who recovered, bringing the total number of recoveries to 2,721,516.
The nationwide death toll is now at 44,239 after 154 new fatalities were registered. (TDT)
