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In a bulletin issued Tuesday, the DOH said an average of 637 cases were recorded from April 24 to 30.

In a statement, the DOTr said the PCG was “in the legitimate exercise of Philippine rights” in the West Philippine Sea, the part of the South China Sea inside the country’s exclusive economic zone.

Ahead of the meeting between President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and US President Joe Biden, groups are hoping that Biden can actually bring up human rights and the Marcos family issues during their talks.

OCTA fellow Guido David said the capital region’s seven-day positivity rate increased to 12.3% on April 25 from 8.1% from a week ago.

The cleanup in Pola town was 80.71% complete, while in Naujan was 74.82%, according to PCG’s incident management team.

In a weekly bulletin issued on Monday, the Department of Health said an average of 450 cases per day were recorded from April 17 to 23.

The Department of Transportation on Sunday said it will continue implementing its mask mandate for passengers of the Light Rail Transit (LRT), Metro Rail Transit (MRT) and Philippine National Railways (PNR), amid rising COVID-19 cases in the country.

A lawmaker has filed a resolution at the House of Representatives calling on the government’s education and health departments to conduct a thorough study on the current state of students’ mental health.  

From April 10 to 16, an average of 341 infections were logged in the country. The figure was 23% higher than the average logged from April 3 to 9.

The LPA was last spotted over the coastal waters of Polillo in Quezon province, PAGASA said in an advisory.