The government remains prudent over scrapping the indoor mask mandate despite its previous plans to review relaxing the measures actively once the number of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations enter a stable downward trend. The number of new infections and critical cases have been showing a declining trend over the last couple of weeks, with 32,570 daily cases reported for Saturday, marking the lowest figure for a Saturday in three months. The number of patients in critical condition came to 499, falling below the 500-benchmark in 29 days since marking 468 on Dec. 17. The fatality rate stands at 0.11 percent.