MANILA, Philippines — OCTA Research on Monday said nine cities outside Metro Manila have emerged as areas of concern due to an increase in COVID-19 infections over the past week. OCTA noted that Davao City had a 54% growth rate in new cases, or at 206 from last week's 134. The latter saw 219 more infections against its 280 from the previous week, or a -22% growth rate. "While the one-week growth rate in new cases was -11% with a positivity rate of 9%." The Philippines saw 6,539 more COVID-19 cases on Monday.

Source: Philippine Star June 07, 2021 11:26 UTC