Philippines' decline in Covid-19 cases may be 'artificial': Health ministry


Detected new infections have been on a downtrend lately in Metro Manila, the rest of Luzon and Mindanao. - Reuters

MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/Asia News Network): The Philippines' recent decline in daily new Covid-19 cases could be artificial as the volume of Covid-19 tests has gone down across the country and hospitals remain congested, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Monday (Oct 4).

Driven by the highly transmissible Delta variant of the virus, Philippines last month saw 17,000 to 20,000 new cases detected daily and an average of 122 deaths each day.

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