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Davao City experiencing post-holiday coronavirus surge - health official

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/life/11/19/20201119-coronavirus-response-gcq-co-davao-city-information-office.jpg"/><figcaption>Courtesy of the Davao City Information Office</figcaption></figure></div> MANILA - Davao City has recorded over 100 coronavirus cases in January, which an expert said Thursday could be a surge following the holidays.Dr. Ashley Lopez, focal person of Davao City&#x27;s COVID-19 Task Force, said the city started to experience a spike in infections on Jan. 7, logging 131 cases. The city only tallied an average of 50 to 60 cases daily in December, he added.&quot;We recorded more than 100 plus cases starting Jan. 7 because we are experiencing this post-holiday surge,&quot; he said in Bisaya.Records form the Department of Health (DOH) showed Davao City had additional 100 COVID-19 cases on Jan. 1; 143 new cases on Jan. 9; 140 new cases on Jan. 11; and 137 new cases on Jan. 12.Lopez earlier said a surge occurs when the city reaches up to more than 100 daily cases.&quot;This was the time when people went outside to shop and party during Christmas. This is now the effect of the Christmas surge,&quot; he said.Lopez also bared that vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. urged them to check for the presence of a new, more contagious COVID-19 variant following the rise of infections.&quot;He said, just to be sure, we have to submit some specimen to RITM (Research Institute for Tropical Medicine) to perform genomic test,&quot; he said. <div>— Report from Hernel Tocmo</div>

Davao City has recorded over 100 coronavirus cases in January, which an expert said Thursday could be a surge following the holidays.

Davao City has recorded over 100 coronavirus cases in January, which an expert said Thursday could be a surge following the holidays.