Davao overtakes Quezon City in average new cases – OCTA

MANILA, Philippines — Davao City has overtaken Quezon City in the average number of new COVID cases recorded daily in the past week, the OCTA Research Group said yesterday.

Citing data from the Department of Health, OCTA said Davao City recorded an average of 213 new cases per day from June 1 to 7, up by 44 percent from the average of 147 daily in the preceding week.

Quezon City ranked second with an average of 207 new cases, down by 27 percent from the 283 recorded in the preceding week.

Davao City had an average daily attack rate (ADAR) of 11.71 infections per 100,000 population, above the high-risk threshold of 10 infections per 100,000.

Its hospital bed and intensive care unit (ICU) utilization rates remain below the critical threshold at 53 percent and 66 percent, respectively.

Last week, the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases approved a request of Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio to place Davao City under modified enhanced community quarantine until June 20.

Eleven other areas, all outside Metro Manila, were also identified as local government units (LGUs) of concern due to rising new cases, high ADAR and high hospital or ICU bed utilization rates.

These include Cagayan de Oro with an average of 118 new cases per day (down 11 percent), Bacolod with 112 (up 26 percent), Iloilo City with 111 (up six percent), General Santos with 72 (up five percent), Tuguegarao with 63 (down 16 percent) and Butuan with 57 (up two percent).