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TODAY'S #COVID19WRAP: Record-high number of new cases; NCR to shift to GCQ but to start implementing "granular lockdowns"; situation in other countries (Sept. 6, 2021)

• NCR to go down to GCQ from Sept. 8 until end of the month, while 10 other areas in the country will be under MECQ during the same period bit.ly/3kXspGy

• Granular lockdowns may not work in PH as it may threaten the livelihood of Filipinos who have to travel to their workplaces, Philippine College of Physicians says bit.ly/3yT5zEJ

• Health department assuage concerns over the lifting of travel restrictions on 10 countries, saying strict border control remains in place bit.ly/2WRgBxH

• Tallying 22,415 new COVID-19 cases, PH's total now at 2.103 million with 159,633 active cases

• PH's COVID-19 death toll hits 34,337 with 103 new fatalities

• COVID-19 patients who recovered in PH rise to 1.909 million with 20,109 new recoveries
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• PH remains at 'high-risk' for spread of COVID-19, health department says, warning that cases may continue to rise in next weeks due to more contagious Delta variant bit.ly/3BLklzj

• Health department records 279 new Delta variant carriers, including 5 in Bangsamoro, confirming that all regions in PH are now infected with more virulent COVID-19 strain bit.ly/2Vmn2rG

• Entire National Capital Region, except for city of Manila, under highest alert level for COVID-19 due to increase in new cases and hospitalizations bit.ly/3BGsGnO

• Group of teachers calls on the government to resume in-person learning in areas deemed low risk for COVID-19 bit.ly/3kVQkpW

• President Duterte 'may allow' proposed pilot test for in-person classes in some 120 schools, Malacañang says bit.ly/3tjqQGu

• PH has fully vaccinated least 15 million people against COVID-19, Malacañang says bit.ly/2X3hOlj

• Nearly half or 48 percent of PNP fully vaccinated against COVID-19, chief says bit.ly/3BRnCNP

• New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says nationwide coronavirus curbs would be lifted, as country gets on top of outbreak of Delta variant bit.ly/3jJMn8i

• Israel to relaunch pilot program granting entry to tourist groups from select countries, as daily coronavirus caseload dipped ahead of Jewish High Holidays bit.ly/3h7hSXY

• Vietnam's capital extends COVID-19 restrictions for further 2 weeks, as authorities launch plan to test up to 1.5 million people for coronavirus in higher-risk areas bit.ly/3jLw9vp

• 241 new COVID-19 cases recorded in Singapore with 235 local transmission; city-state's total recorded cases climb to 68,901

• Malaysia confirms 17,352 new infections and 272 new fatalities; total cases at 1.862 million with death toll at 18,491

• Thailand confirms 13,988 new coronavirus infections with 187 new fatalities; total cases at 1.265 million while death toll stands at 12,948

• Indonesia's COVID-19 cases climb to 4.133 million with 4,413 newly-recorded cases; death toll at 136,473 with 612 new fatalities

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