COVID-19 cases in Navotas on a downtrend – Mayor Tiangco

Cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Navotas City were trending downwards, Mayor Toby Tiangco declared in a Facebook post.

“Bumababa na po ang bilang ng mga nagpositibo sa ating lungsod. Sa ngayon, 14 ang bagong kumpirmadong kaso at 50 ang gumaling,” Tiangco explained in the Saturday post.

“Gayunpaman, hindi tayo dapat maging kampante. Bagkus, patuloy tayong magdoble ingat para mas bumaba pa ang bilang ng mga nahahawaan.”

Navotas recorded 4,295 COVID-19 cases with 3,678 recoveries and 123 deaths as of Sunday night.

Meanwhile, Tiangco enjoined residents to take advantage of the local government’s free swab testing program.

“Kahit hindi po kayo close contact, sana po magpalista na kayo sa inyong barangay. Pag mas marami tayong ma-test, mas mapapababa natin ang mga kaso,” he said in Sunday post.

Tiangco earlier said that COVID-19 cases in Navotas decreased after the city was placed under a two-week lockdown.

Experts from the University of the Philippines likewise said that the country's COVID-19 curve flattening, but warned that the trend could be reversed.

The Philippines logged 217,396 COVID-19 cases as of Sunday afternoon. — DVM, GMA News