MANILA, Philippines — The surge in new COVID-19 cases due to the easing of quarantine restrictions during the Christmas holidays picked up pace as the Department of Health (DOH) on Sunday, January
About one in five of the 26,122 individuals tested on Dec. 31 was infected, raising the country’s positivity rate to a high 19.6 percent, according to the DOH.
In its latest bulletin, the DOH said the country’s active cases, or the number of people still afflicted with the virus, were now at 21,418, the highest since the 22,070 active cases recorded on Nov. 20. Two hospitals in the city of Manila also had to temporarily close due to the increasing number of COVID-19 cases.
Philippine National Police chief Dionardo Carlos on Sunday said that placing Metro Manila on alert level 3 could help the police control the movement and unnecessary gathering of people. On Dec. 28, the PNP reported four new cases, which doubled the next day. On Dec. 30 there were four new cases and five on New Year’s Eve. On the first day of 2022, the PNP reported 12 new infections and on Sunday another 14.
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