MANILA, Philippines — The recent uptick in coronavirus cases may not yet be a cause for concern and should not yield an increase in restrictions for the time being, the OCTA Research Group said Monday. The Department of Health earlier Monday also acknowledged what it said was an uptick in cases in Metro Manila’s cases and positivity rate after the capital region registered positive growth in COVID-19 cases in the past week at 49%. “It could just be a holiday uptick. This comes after two percent of tests came out positive for the pathogen on Sunday, marking the highest positivity rate recorded by health authorities since November. READ: DOH sees increase in Metro Manila's COVID-19 cases, positivity rate“We are seeing an uptick in cases but it's not significant enough yet.

Source: Philippine Star December 27, 2021 21:33 UTC