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A mathematician from Ateneo de Manila University, Felix Muga II, refutes the Department of Health's claim that the Philippines is already "flattening the curve" of COVID-19 cases.
Muga presented data showing that the daily new cases reported by the DOH are still on an upward trend.
He explained that the 5-day moving average of new cases per day also indicates an increasing line, not a decreasing one.
Even the linear graph of the total number of reported coronavirus cases continues to rise daily.
Muga suggested that the claim of a flattening curve might stem from observing the data on a logarithmic scale, which indeed shows a flattening line.
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An epidemiologist stated that the Philippines is beginning to see a flattening in the growth rate of coronavirus disease cases, with the case doubling time now at 4.6 days.
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The Department of Health (DOH) announced that the COVID-19 curve in the Philippines is starting to flatten, with the positivity rate dropping to 10 percent as of May 6.
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The Philippines has confirmed a total of 11,618 COVID-19 cases as of May 13, with 772 deaths and 2,251 recoveries.
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