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Steady decline in Covid-19 cases in Cagayan de Oro Posted: 31 May 2022 08:58 PM PDT CAGAYAN de Oro has seen a steady decline in new coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases, as the city logged zero to less than three cases for weeks.As of May 30, Cagayan de Oro has recorded one new local index case, bringing the cumulative number of infections to 25,863.According to City Health medical officer Dr. Teodoro Yu Jr., the lone new local index case is a 33-year-old female from Barangay Bugo who is currently admitted in a hospital in Cagayan de Oro.Cagayan de Oro's active cases are now at five, one of which was admitted in a hospital and four were outpatients.The city also registered two new coronavirus-positive persons who are now tagged as "recovered." This brought the total number of recoveries in Cagayan de Oro to 24,917.The number of Covid-19 related deaths remains at 941, with no new Covid-related deaths recorded in the city.

Northern Mindanao unemployment drops to 4.9% in 2021 Posted: 31 May 2022 08:48 PM PDT THE Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported that the unemployment rate in Northern Mindanao has improved to 4.9 percent in 2021.It is lower by 1.5 percentage points than the 2020 annual estimate of 6.4 percent.According to PSA, there are a total of 119,000 unemployed individuals in the total labor force of Northern Mindanao.Among the provinces and highly urbanized cities in the region, Lanao del Norte posted the lowest unemployment rate of 2.4 percent.Meanwhile, the underemployment rate in Northern Mindanao decreased to 14.3 percent in 2021 from 23.6 percent in 2020.In the region, there are a total of 327,000 employed persons who expressed the desire to have additional hours of work in their present job, to have additional job or have a new job with longer working hours.Among the provinces and highly urbanized cities in the region, Iligan City posted the lowest underemployment rate of 5 percent.

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