Cavite now on the path to flattening COVID-19 curve

By Raadee Sausa October 10, 2020 Gov. Jonvic Remulla of Cavite (Photo from  Gov. J...

By Raadee Sausa
October 10, 2020

Gov. Jonvic Remulla of Cavite (Photo from Gov. Jonvic Remulla FB Page)

IMUS, Cavite - After previously being placed under modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ), Cavite is now on the path to flattening the curve of new infections to the new coronavirus, a lawmaker said.

Gov. Jonvic Remulla of Cavite said on Thursday, owing to the province’s calibrated implementation of quarantine restrictions.



The province has been placed under the least restrictive modified general community quarantine (MGCQ) from October 1 to 31 to curb new COVID-19 cases.

“Based on recent data, Cavite is on the path of flattening the curve,” Remulla said.



He also added that Cavite previously recorded 600 to 700 new cases of COVID-19 a day, but for the past 10 days, the average number of new infections only range from 90 to 100.

Cavite was among the areas previously placed under MECQ from August 4 to 18 following a plea from the medical community for a timeout amid increasing coronavirus infection rate under relaxed quarantine protocols.

Records from the Department of Health showed that Cavite has already recorded a total of 17,119 COVID-19 cases. Of this total tally, 3,561 are active cases; 13,405 are recoveries, while 153 are deaths.

In August, Remulla remarked that new cases of infection to the virus being recorded daily in the province have significantly dropped following the enforcement of MECQ.