President Rodrigo Duterte again extended GCQ for the capital region even as coronavirus cases rose on Tuesday, June 30.
The rest of the country has been placed under modified GCQ – the most relaxed quarantine phase where public transportation may resume at full capacity operations, dine-in restaurants, cinemas, and gyms may reopen at half capacity, and public gatherings are permitted with limitations.
Ahead of the decision, at least 3 local government units appealed to the IATF to relax restrictions in their areas. Roque said Tuesday that only one LGU wanted to ease quarantine protocols.on Tuesday. The second highest single-day increase of 1,080 cases brought the current tally to 37,514. Of these new cases, 858 were"fresh cases" – the highest number of fresh cases recorded in one day so far. Half or 430 cases came from Central Visayas, where Cebu City is located.
By only a few thousands, the Philippines missed the 40,000 positive cases estimated by the University of the Philippines OCTA researchers for June 30.if community transmission remains unabated. The researchers reached this estimate using a range of the observed reproduction number in the country – the lower end of the observed R of 1.09 to the current average R of 1.28.
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