PH downgraded to moderate coronavirus risk

The Philippines' coronavirus risk classification has been downgraded from high/critical to moderate, according to the Department of Health (DOH).

Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire reported a negative one-week and two-week growth rate with the national positivity rate declining to 35.4 percent.

Vergeire noted that hospital and ICU bed utilization rates are now at low risk, while case numbers continue to decrease in Regions 3 (Central Luzon) and 4-A (Calabarzon), and Metro Manila.