Cavite now ‘on the path to flattening COVID-19 curve’ — Remulla

MANILA, Philippines — After previously being placed under modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ), Cavite is now on the path to flattening the curve of new infections to the new coronavirus, according to its governor.

Gov. Jonvic Remulla announced the good news on Thursday, owing to the province’s calibrated implementation of quarantine restrictions. The province has been placed under the least restrictive modified general community quarantine (MGCQ) from October 1 to 31 to curb new COVD-19 cases.

“Based on recent data, Cavite is on the path of flattening the curve,” he said in a statement posted on Facebook.

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According to Remulla, Cavite previously recorded 600 to 700 new cases of COVID-19 a day, but for the past 10 days, the average number of new infections only range from 90 to 100.

Cavite was among the areas previously placed under MECQ from August 4 to 18 following a plea from the medical community for a timeout amid increasing coronavirus infection rate under relaxed quarantine protocols.

Records from the Department of Health showed that as of Wednesday, Cavite has already recorded a total of 17,119 COVID-19 cases. Of this total tally, 3,561 are active cases; 13,405 are recoveries, while 153 are deaths.

In a television interview in late August, Remulla remarked that new cases of infection to the virus being recorded daily in the province have significantly dropped following the enforcement of MECQ.

EDV