PH, Metro Manila now under critical-risk COVID-19 classification
By Dhel Nazario
The country is now under critical-risk case classification as well as Metro Manila and two other regions for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Department of Health (DOH) said Monday night, Jan. 10.

Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said during the President's late night public address that the country has a critical-risk two-week growth rate at 3663 percent and an average daily attack rate of 10.47 per 100,000 population.
Duque also bared that the country's current seven-day average daily cases is at 20,481 from Jan. 4 to Jan. 10, an increase of 690 percent.
From Dec. 28 to Jan. 3, the seven-day average daily cases was only at 2,593 but this was a jump of 726 percent from Dec. 21 to Dec. 27's seven-day average daily cases of only 314. Duque said that Metro Manila shared most of the caseload.
Meanwhile, the National Capital (NCR) has a critical-risk two-week growth rate at 7172 percent and an average daily attack rate of 51.77 per 100,000 population.
Region 4-A as well as Region 3 is also at critical-risk case classification with positive two week growth rates and an average daily attack rate of more than seven per 100,000 population.