Cebu City logs highest number of new cases in a day at 505

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Cebu City has once again reported the highest number of new cases of COVID-19 with 505 on January 15 -- the highest logged since 2 years ago.

Cebu City Councilor Joel Garganera, the deputy chief implementor of the EOC in Cebu City, says the city has logged the highest daily number of cases on January 15 with 505 new cases. |

The Emergency Operations Center revealed that there were 505 new cases reported out of 1,528 tested individuals on Saturday, with a daily positivity rate of 33.05 percent. The councilor said they were expecting the cases to continue rising and based on their initial forecast for the number of tested individuals this January 16, the cases tomorrow would be higher.

Cebu City along with the rest of Cebu island has been placed under Alert Level 3 due to the rising cases of the COVID-19.

 

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With thousands on the streets today and cebuanos celebrating Sinulog in their barangays, this number might be surpassed in 1 week time.

Scary.

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