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By JULIA MARI ORNEDO, GMA News Published June 9, 2021 1:17pm Updated June 9, 2021 1:22pm The OCTA Research group on Wednesday, June 9, 2021, says the increase in COVID-19 cases in parts of Mindanao and Visayas will likely last for at least a month. Davao City (in photo) logged a 54% increase in the number of COVID-19 cases over the past week. The increase in COVID-19 cases in parts of Mindanao and Visayas will likely last for at least a month, experts from the OCTA Research group said Wednesday. Professor Guido David said it took around two months to contain the previous case spikes i...

(JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Metro Manila is again on a downward trend after a "slight reversal" over the past week, independent research group OCTA said on Wednesday, June 9. "The cases in NCR [National Capital Region] is on a

(JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN) OCTA Research on Wednesday, June 9, said the National Capital Region (NCR) Plus area, along with Davao City and Western Visayas, are considered "epidemic epicenters" due to the high daily average number of new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases. Dr. Guido David,

Published June 4, 2021, 2:55 PM (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Independent research group OCTA on Friday, June 4, expressed a “slight concern” due to the observed “uptick” of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in some areas in Metro Manila. OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David said the uptick in cases shows that the trend in Metro Manila remains “uneven.” “Some LGUs [local government units] are decreasing, for example, San Juan has a 17 percent decrease in cases over the past week but we see LGUs like Parañaque and Caloocan which had a fairly significant increas...

(JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) OCTA Research fellow Ranjit Rye said mobility is among the reasons that drive the increase in cases in areas outside the National Capital Region (NCR). It is the mobility of people that could possibly carry the virus to the provinces, he said. “The national government really has to rethink our domestic travel protocols. We really need to make them stricter,” OCTA Research fellow Ranjit Rye said in an interview over CNN Philippines on Saturday, May 29. “Right now we’re not yet out of the woods. We’re just healing in the National Capital ...