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Spike in Covid cases due to validated results from previous days
The Department of Health (DOH) attributed the record-high spike in COVID-19 cases on Thursday, which reached 539 new infections, to the country's increased capacity for case validation.
Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire advised the public to anticipate a continued upward trend in reported cases in the coming days.
Vergeire explained that the rise in daily case numbers is due to the continuous validation of cases, facilitated by the hiring of additional encoders.
Prior to the recent surge, the daily reported new cases from May 8 to May 25 ranged between 120 and 292.
The spike may also be linked to the clearing of testing backlogs, with the DOH aiming for zero backlogs by Thursday night.
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