Increase in Makati’s COVID-19 cases mostly in 2 barangays near Pasay — Binay

MANILA, Philippines — The concentration of new COVID-19 cases in Makati City is in Barangays Bangkal and Pio del Pilar which are near Pasay City, Mayor Abby Binay said Monday.

According to Binay, there are some barangays in Makati that don’t even have new cases.

“If you look at our data, there are barangays in our city that don’t even have new cases. The rise in cases, it’s particular to two barangays that are right beside the boundary of Pasay: Bangkal and Pio Del Pilar,” she said over ABS-CBN News Channel.

“Those two barangays which are in the boundary of Pasay, that’s where the increase in cases are and the clustering [is located],” she added.

The Department of Health earlier confirmed that cases of the more transmissible COVID-19 variants from the United Kingdom and South Africa were detected from residents of Pasay City.

Data from the Makati City’s Facebook page showed that the city has so far confirmed a total of 12,511 COVID-19 cases as of Sunday. Of this number, 824 are active cases, 11,245 are recoveries, and 442 deaths.

Barangay Pio del Pilar currently has 124 active COVID-19 cases, while Barangay Bangkal has 86 active cases.

Binay earlier declared Zones 1 and 2 of Barangay Pio del Pilar as critical zones and placed them under a three-day local community quarantine until March 16.

Metro Manila will have a uniform curfew from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m., for the next two weeks starting this Monday to curb rising COVID-19 infections in the region.

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