Metro Manila is experiencing a spike in the number of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases with 900 being reported on average daily and with almost all local government units in the country’s premier National Capital Region (NCR) recording increases, according to academe-based Octa Research.
This comes as the country logged 3,439 cases on Saturday, the highest number of new Covid-19 cases this year and the highest since Sept. 21, 2020, which also logged the same number of cases.