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MANILA-No severe coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases so far have been recorded by health authorities despite having an uptick of active cases, Vaccine Expert Panel member, Dr. Rontgene Solante, said Wednesday. In a televised public briefing, Solante cited those Covid-19 patients needing oxygen treatment and experiencing respiratory failures have been significantly reduced, following the surge caused by the coronavirus variant. "Well, one good thing, one good news is that despite na nakikita natin na may kaunting uptick ang mga kaso ngayon (seeing a slight uptick now in cases), we have never seen any more Covid cases na talagang nagsi-severe (that are really severe)," he said. The OCTA Research Group earlier said Covid-19 cases in Metro Manila have climbed to 1.4 percent this week, compared to 1.2 percent in the previous week. The one-week average daily attack rate also increased from 0.51 to 0.52, however it remained at low risk. "So our assumption to this is that,
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"Overall, NCR remained at low-risk. Over the next few weeks, the best-case scenario is status quo, while the worst-case scenario, based on current data, is a weak surge in COVID-19 cases," David said.