(CNN Philippine) Metro Manila – The National Capital Region has returned to “high risk” classification due to rising COVID-19 cases, according to the Department of Health.
Aside from NCR, the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), Ilocos Region, Cagayan Valley, Central Visayas, and Northern Mindanao are also under “high risk,” Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said in a press briefing Tuesday.
Vergeire added that the six regions saw an increase in their average daily attack rates (ADAR), or the number of confirmed cases in a certain area or population.
The ADAR of the following regions from July 20 to Aug. 2 are as follows:
– NCR: 8.96
– Central Visayas: 8.79
– Ilocos Region: 8.47
– Cagayan Valley: 7.50
– CAR: 7.48
– Northern Mindanao: 7.47.. Read More
