DOH: Calabarzon cases ‘declining’ despite recent high number of daily average cases

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<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1702405" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>MANILA (UPDATE)—The COVID-19 trend in Calabarzon is declining despite leading the number of daily average cases nationwide, the Department of Health said Wednesday.</p><p>The region recorded 821 new infections on Tuesday, taking its total virus cases to 173,118, according to Dr. Paula Paz Sydiongco, head of DOH-Center for Health Development in Calabarzon.</p><p>&quot;Base sa mga natalang kaso nung June 8, makikita natin na unti-unting pababa ang kaso. Ngunit kailangan pa rin bantayan ito at patuloy na palalahanin ang ating mga kababayan ng minimum public health standards,&quot; she told ABS-CBN&#x27;s Teleradyo.</p><p>(Based on the cases we recorded on June 8, the trend is declining but the public must continue to observe minimum health standards.)</p><p>Cavite has seen a high number of new infections because of intensified contact tracing, with 15 persons being traced per virus patient and its governor setting up a quota for RT-PCR laboratories, said Sydiongco.</p><p>&quot;Lumalabas po sa aming datos na karamihan ng kaso ng COVID-19 sa Cavite ay yung malapit po sa Metro Manila . . . Mataas po (ang bilang ng kaso) sa Cavite kasi lately ang Cavite nag-strengthen ng contact tracing nila,&quot; she said.</p><p>(Based on our data, a majority of COVID-19 cases in Cavite are near Metro Manila. Cases are high because Cavite recently strengthened its contact tracing.)</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1702428" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>Laguna&#x27;s rise in COVID-19 cases are due to the mobility of the people, most of whom work in Metro Manila and nearby provinces, said provincial health director Dr. Rene Bagamasbad.</p><p>&quot;Kasi ang mangyayari ho yun namu-multiply pagbalik dito sa probinsiya, uuwi yun nang may sakit na, clustering naman sa household,&quot; he said.</p><p>(When they return here, they&#x27;re already sick and this results in clustering in households.)</p><p>Local officials will meet with their counterparts in other areas to find out where virus transmissions occur, Bagamasbad added.</p><p>&quot;Gusto namin sana maging strikto ang aming impelmentasyon sa ating quarantine status atsaka yung minimum health standards sana maging mahigpit kasi kita namin sa transport nga lang di nasusunod yun,&quot; he said.</p><p>(We want to be strict in the implementation of the quarantine status and minimum health standards because we can see it&#x27;s not followed in transportation.)</p><p>The province also fails to meet its contact tracing target and quarantine facilities are not used, according to Bagamasbad.</p><p>&quot;Di po namin na-reach ang (contact tracing) ratio na &#x27;yun kasi masyado mataas ang populasyon sa city,&quot; he said.</p><p>(We can&#x27;t reach the ratio because the cities&#x27; population is too huge.)</p><p>&quot;Malaki naman ang quarantine capacity ng Laguna pero halos lahat nagku-quarantine sa bahay.&quot;</p><p>(The province&#x27;s quarantine capacity is also big but almost everyone isolates themselves at home.)</p><p>The region, meanwhile, has so far administered 485,589 COVID-19 vaccine first doses, Sydiongco said. Of this figure, 134,884 were health workers, she added.</p><p>Laguna and Quezon provinces have administered first doses to all their health workers, while Cavite, Batangas and Rizal were more than 90 percent complete, according to Sydiongco.</p><p>Batangas, Cavite, and Laguna are among the 9 key economic hubs where government aims to achieve herd immunity by November.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/19/21/ncr-8-other-areas-seen-to-attain-covid-19-herd-immunity-in-november-doh">NCR, 8 other areas seen to attain COVID-19 herd immunity in November: DOH</a></li></ul><p>The Philippines has administered 6,096,208 COVID-19 vaccine doses since it started its inoculation program on March 1, government data showed Tuesday.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/08/21/philippines-covid19-vaccine-drive-update-june82021">Over 6 million COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in Philippines</a></li></ul><div class="infogram-embed" data-id="_/yFVE69R1WlSdqY3aCsBF" data-title="COVID-19 VACCINE TRACKER PH" data-type="interactive"> </div><div><script type="text/javascript">!function(e,i,n,s){var t='InfogramEmbeds',d=e.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];if(window[t]&&window[t].initialized)window[t].process&&window[t].process();else if(!e.getElementById(n)){var o=e.createElement('script');o.async=1,o.id=n,o.src='https://e.infogram.com/js/dist/embed-loader-min.js',d.parentNode.insertBefore(o,d)}}(document,0,'infogram-async');</script></div>

<p>Cavite has seen a high number of new infections because of intensified contact tracing, with 15 persons being traced per virus patient.</p>

Cavite has seen a high number of new infections because of intensified contact tracing, with 15 persons being traced per virus patient.

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DOH: Calabarzon cases ‘declining’ despite recent high number of daily average cases

DOH: Calabarzon cases ‘declining’ despite recent high number of daily average cases

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Published Jun 09, 2021 08:21 AM PHT

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Updated Jun 09, 2021 09:29 AM PHT

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