Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, May 2) —The country’s average daily COVID-19 cases may remain at 600 until June, the Department of Health said Tuesday.
“Based on the projections, hanggang sa June, we are seeing na medyo may pagtaas pa hanggang mga 600 na numero ng kaso. Eventually, siguro kapag tapos ng Hunyo na ‘yan, hopefully pababa na ang mga kaso,” said Health Officer-in-Charge Ma. Rosario Vergeire in a press briefing.
[Translation: Based on the projections, we can see a slight uptick of up to at least 600 cases until June. Eventually, after June cases would hopefully decline.]
There were 4,456 new COVID-19 cases recorded from April 24 to 30, with an average of 637 cases daily. This is 42% higher than the 3,148 cases recorded in the previous week.
But DOH Officer-in-Charge Ma. Rosario Veirgeire said the rise in COVID-19 cases is due to “multitude of factors” such as the virus’s mutation, increased mobility and others.
“Ito pong pagtaas at pagbaba ng kaso ay laging nakasalalay sa behavior at pagtutulungan natin. So tulungan po natin ang national government, para maibsan at magkaroon na ng pagbaba ng mga kaso,” she said.
[Translation: The increase and decrease in cases always depends on our behavior and collective efforts. So please help the national government address this to further reduce the number of infections.]
Moreover, the DOH also said it has not confirmed any deaths from April 17 to 30 as it is still validating information.
“Wala po tayong naire-report na datos ng deaths because kulang po yung naire-report sa atin. Hindi pa po validated ang information, kulang kulang pa po. So hindi po natin ma-asses if the person died of COVID or died of other illnesses,” said Vergeire.
[Translation: We are not reporting any deaths because we are receiving incomplete reports. The information is not yet validated and not enough. So we cannot assess yet if the person died of COVID or died of other illnesses.]
