At least 77 percent of Filipinos said that they now use face masks outside their homes as a precautionary measure against COVID-19, a recent survey from Social Weather Stations (SWS) showed. | GabrielLaluINQ
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Moreover, the number of people who frequently washes their hands are higher in Visayas and Mindanao , compared to Metro Manila and Luzon . While several cases have also been recorded in Visayas and Mindanao provinces, Metro Manila is generally regarded as the epicenter of the health crisis. According to the Department of Health’s COVID-19 tracker, 9,234 of the 14,318 total coronavirus cases in the Philippines can be found at the National Capital Region .
SWS said that they surveyed 4,010 working-age Filipinos through mobile phone and computer-assisted telephone interviewing . These were divided in proportion to the real population figures, with 294 coming from Metro Manila, 1,645 from Balance Luzon, 792 from Visayas, and 1,279 in Mindanao. The survey maintains sampling error margins of ±2% for national percentages, ±6% for Metro Manila, ±2 for Balance Luzon, ±3% Visayas, and ±3% in Mindanao.
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