The Department of Health announced 8,929 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, bringing the total cases since the pandemic reached the Philippines last year to 1,006,428. The healthcare capacity as well as the two-week and daily attack rates would be considered in the decision on quarantine restrictions, Roque added. Under ECQ, strict home quarantine is enforced and people can only go out to access goods and services. 'Rather well'Roque said the public should not just look at the total number of people who contracted the virus. Roque said the COVID-19 reproduction number has dropped to 0.9151, a development he attributed to the tighter quarantine measures enforced in the NCR Plus.

Source: Philippine Star April 26, 2021 09:56 UTC