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COVID-19 stats, based on Aug 30 DOH data New cases in PH: 22,366 Ave daily cases (last 7 days): 17,105 Top 5 areas w/ most new cases Cavite: 1,922 (new high) Laguna: 1,405 (new high) Bulacan: 898 Quezon City: 888 Rizal: 814 Highest 2-wk ADAR (ave. daily new cases/100k): Apayao

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Michael Bueza

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· Aug 30, 2021

7-day average of new COVID-19 cases now above 17,000. Total active cases today (148,594) are the highest still since April 17. @rapplerdotcom twitter.com/rapplerdotcom/…

Michael Bueza

@mikebueza

Aug 30, 2021

Top provinces outside NCR, w/ counts for independent cities in province's count (August 30 DOH data) Most new cases in: Cavite, Laguna, Bulacan, Rizal, Davao del Sur (w/ Davao City) Province w/ highest 2-wk. ADAR: Apayao

Regional look, August 30 DOH data New cases in top regions NCR: 5,588 (25% of 22,366 nationwide) Calabarzon: 4,942 (22%) C. Luzon: 2,885 (13%) W. Visayas: 1,174 Ilocos Region: 1,153 Cagayan Valley: 1,132 Davao Region: 1,097 N. Mindanao: 884 *Table sorted by 2-wk. ADAR

Preliminary DOH data: PH's COVID-19 positivity on Aug 29 logged at 25.3% (11,977 positive / 47,332 tested) 2-week ave. positivity at 25.6%. (Aug 28 daily rate updated to 27.36% after reports from late labs came in)

At least 47,332 individuals tested on Aug 29, based on preliminary DOH data. At least 50,046 samples tested. Context on low figures in the first half of the week: rappler.com/newsbreak/insi (Latest figures on tests may still be incomplete. Some labs yet to submit reports.)

Aug 29 DOH data: Occ. of COVID-19 ICUs still at CRITICAL level in: BARMM (w/ Cotabato City) - 68/72 beds CAR – 90/97 beds Cagayan Valley - 153/172 beds C. Luzon - 456/535 beds All 3 bed types at high-risk in Calabarzon, N. Mindanao ICUs also at high-risk in R9, R12, Caraga, NCR

To view these interactive tables and more, check out these stories: Charts: rappler.com/newsbreak/iq/c Maps:

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Michael Bueza

@mikebueza

Aug 30, 2021

Highest one-day tallies for new COVID-19 cases logged in 6 regions on Aug 30, based on DOH data. Ilocos Region: 1,153 Central Luzon: 2,885 Calabarzon: 4,942 Mimaropa: 323 Western Visayas: 1,174 Davao Region: 1,097

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Michael Bueza

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Highest one-day tallies in 10 provinces on Aug 30, based on DOH data. Cavite: 1,922 Davao del Sur (+Davao City): 812 Ilocos Sur: 271 Iloilo (+Iloilo City): 657 Laguna: 1,405 Nueva Ecija: 467 Occ. Mindoro: 60 Pangasinan (+Dagupan): 526 Sarangani: 174 Zambales (+Olongapo): 259

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A look at new COVID-19 cases per day in NCR, Cebu City & Davao City, based on Aug 30 DOH data. In NCR, # of new cases today is the highest since April 11. Trend is downward so far in Cebu City, while a new one-day high is recorded in Davao City.

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Looking at these charts, why do the reported numbers increase at the same time for these provinces? What seems to be common among them to trigger similar trends? Is this random occurrence or as a result of some assignable cause?