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Active Covid-19 cases in San Juan drop to only 15
Metro Manila mayors met on February 22 to discuss downgrading the capital region to Alert Level 1 effective March 1.
San Juan Mayor Francis Zamora supports the shift, noting the city's active COVID-19 cases have dropped to 15 as of February 23, a significant decrease from the peak surge on January 12.
He also stated that San Juan Medical Center's COVID-19 beds are at 16% occupancy and quarantine facilities are only 3.7% occupied.
Zamora highlighted that San Juan has vaccinated 259% of its target population and the Metro Manila positivity rate has fallen to 5.9%.
He reminded the public not to be complacent, urging unvaccinated individuals to get vaccinated and boosted, and noted that San Juan has recorded no new COVID-19 casualties as of February 23.
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