Covid-19 News
- The Philippine Department of Health informed on the 11th that as of 16:00 local time on the 11th, the country had 1672 new confirmed cases of new crowns in 24 hours, with a cumulative total of 40,416 confirmed cases; 49 new deaths, with a cumulative total of 7710 deaths. Philippine Health Department Undersecretary Vergilay said the epidemic continues to moderate overall, but is still spreading rapidly in individual provinces and cities in the centre and south.
- The epidemic in the Philippines peaked in August this year and has since shown signs of easing, with the average number of new cases per day decreasing significantly. According to the Ministry of Health, the average daily number of new cases in the Philippines is about 1,900 since November, a further downward trend compared to the average of about 4,100 new cases in August, 3,000 in September and 2,200 in October. The rate of positive tests for the new coronavirus has also continued to decline, and since November, the rate of positive tests for the virus in the Philippines has remained at around 6%, compared to around 13% in mid-August. A total of 5.11 million samples have been tested to date, with an average positive rate of 9.4%.
- Philippine Health Secretary Francisco Ducay said on 9 September that the number of new cases per day has been declining for some time, an encouraging trend that is also attributable to the government's improved virus detection capacity and the construction of a large number of isolation facilities over several months, and that the government hopes the easing trend will continue. He urged the Filipino people to continue to wear masks, maintain social distance and avoid gathering, and to overcome complacency so that efforts to combat the epidemic are not undone. According to the World Health Organisation, the Philippines has the second highest cumulative number of confirmed new cases and deaths in Southeast Asia.