The group of medical frontliners who requested a timeout after the number of virus cases spiked warned Filipinos not to be complacent amid a noted decrease in the number of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases in the country.

According to the Department of Health, there were only 1,635 new cases on Tuesday, bringing the overall case count to 291,789.

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