THE Department of Health (DOH) has projected an average of 30,000 cases per day for September 30, 2021 in the National Capital Region (NCR).
However, the DOH clarified that the projection is “not cast in stone” and can change, especially with the local government units (LGUs) implementing targeted, granular lockdowns, enhancing active case finding, and fast-tracking vaccination.
On Thursday, the agency logged 16,621 additional Covid-19 cases, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 2,020,484.
There were also 10,965 recoveries and 148 deaths.
Of the total number of infections, 7.3 percent (146,510) are active, 91.1 percent (1,840,294) have recovered, 1.67 percent (33,680) have died.
There were 92 duplicates removed from the total case count. Of these, 78 are recoveries and 1 is a death.
Moreover, 66 cases previously tagged as recoveries were reclassified as deaths after final validation.
All laboratories were operational on August 31, 2021 but 5 laboratories failed to submit data to the Covid-19 Document Repository System.
30K daily projection
Based on a set of assumptions, the DOH explained that daily cases in NCR for September 30 may range from 16,000 to 43,000.
“The assumptions used included mobility, public health and health-care capacities and system, and the public’s adherence to the minimum public health standards [MPHS],” the DOH said.
It also clarified that these figures are used to guide the government to be better prepared in its Covid-19 response, especially with the presence of the more transmissible Delta variant.
With these high daily case projections, the DOH called on the national government and LGUs to lower the interval between case detection to isolation, strictly monitor the public’s adherence to the MPHS, and further ramp up vaccination coverage to lower our daily cases in NCR.
The DOH also reminded the public to use face masks correctly and consistently, practice physical distancing, and get vaccinated when they become eligible.