Manila, Philippines – Despite the enhanced community quarantine implemented by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte since March 17, 2020, the number of new COVID-19 cases continue to plummet in the virus-stricken country. According to CNN Philippines, the number of confirmed cases have risen to 193 as of 11 am today, March 28. This was after six more people tested positive of the new coronavirus disease. Further information about the six new cases is yet to be released by the Department of Health.
As of this writing, fatalities caused by the dreaded virus remains at 14, while seven recovery cases have been reported.
President Duterte has placed the entire Luzon under enhanced community quarantine starting Tuesday, March 17 until April 12, 2020. Other municipalities in Visayas and Mindanao have also placed their jurisdictions under general community quarantine.
In a press briefing earlier today, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the cases can go up to as high as 75,000 in three months if no proper intervention is done to contain the virus. She assures the public, however, that this number can be flattened and that proliferation of the virus can be prevented if stringent measures, such as social distancing, are implemented.
COVID-19 has been described by the World Health Organization as a global pandemic. Since its outbreak in Wuhan, China, the virus has infected around 197, 000 people worldwide, 8,000 of which have been reported to have succumbed to the disease.
Meanwhile, a 48-year old man in Bacoor, Cavite has been reported to have been confirmed positive of the new coronavirus disease as of Wednesday. This is the first reported case of COVID-19 in the said municipality.
