Nine out of 17 cities in NCR have COVID-19 Delta variant cases

August 4 ------ Several cities in Metro Manila have recorded at least one case of the highly infectious Delta coronavirus variant, the Department of Health (DOH) said Tuesday. “Nine out of the 17 cities in NCR are with Delta variant as of August 1,” Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said in a Palace briefing.

These cities are the following:

Malabon (4 cases)

Makati (3 cases)

San Juan (2 cases)

Las Piñas (14 cases)

Valenzuela (1 case)

Pasig (6 cases)

Mandaluyong (2 cases)

Manila (12 cases)

Caloocan (4 cases)

Vergeire said the capital region averaged 1,535 new cases per day from July 27 to August 2, “65% higher” than the week before.

Pateros and Malabon were classified as critical-risk areas due to their high moving two-week case growth rate and moving average daily attack rate (ADAR). All other cities in Metro Manila were classified as high-risk due to their high ADAR, except for Marikina and Caloocan. The intensive care unit (ICU) utilization rate was highest in Las Piñas at 86%, followed by Muntinlupa at 72% and Quezon City at 71%.

The ICU occupancy rate was in the moderate- to low-risk zone in all other cities. Meanwhile, data from the National Vaccination Operations Center as of August 1 showed that 48.55% or 4.7 million out of more than 9.6 million adults in Metro Manila have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. A total of 3,471,666 individuals in the capital region have been fully vaccinated.

Source: gmanetwork.com