More Delta cases detected

The Department of Health (DoH) has found 516 more cases of the Covid-19 Delta variant, making up the majority of the cases sequenced by the University of the Philippines-Philippine Genome Center and the National Institutes of Health.

The new infections comprise 68.9 percent of the 748 samples sequenced. The department said 473 of the new Delta cases were locally sourced, 114 of which had addresses in the National Capital Region, 79 in Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon), 64 from Central Luzon, 48 in Northern Mindanao, 32 from Cagayan Valley, and 24 from the Ilocos Region.