On Thursday, Region 7 reported 205 new Covid-19 cases, which is 68 percent of the total 339 new cases recorded nationwide, which stood at 10,343. The Health Department’s virtual tracker stated that there are 1,391 cases in Central Visayas as of Thursday, 1,288 of which are from the Cebu province. Most of the cases in the region, then, are outside the jail facilities, indicating there is a sustained community transmission in the communities. )”As of Friday, the total number of cases in the country now stands at 10,463, and National Capital Region (NCR) has the highest number of daily cases anew with 70 percent or 84 cases out of 120 new cases. Region 7 still ranked second after tallying 28 cases, Only seven percent or 8 cases are from other regions.

Source: Manila Times May 08, 2020 17:24 UTC