With a recession at hand, PH may soon be SEA’s ‘COVID-19 hotspot’
It’s a hell of a burden
ICYDK, PH has entered an economic recession after our economy shrank to the lowest recorded 16.5% drop during this year’s second quarter.
A recession means that our economic activity is dwindling, leading to sky-high unemployment and crippled business and trades for the country.
This wouldn’t be the first time that our gross domestic product (GDP) dropped a considerable amount, as the first quarter of the year was also met with a 0.7% shrinkage.
Despite holding the longest lockdown in the world, the recession likely won’t be the only record PH will face – as we’re forecasted to become South East Asia’s (SEA) ‘COVID-19 hotspot’.
The report came from Singapore news source The Straits Times after PH recorded SEA’s biggest COVID-19 surge with 6,582 cases in just a single day last August 4.
The previously held record was also PH’s 4,963 single-day surge on August 1, overpassed in just 3 days.
PH’s now has a total of 115,980 cases as of writing, with Indonesia leading SEA by a mere thousand with almost 117,000 cases.
Meanwhile, our active cases have already taken the top spot for SEA, as there are currently 47,587 people still diagnosed with the virus in the country.
TL;DR This is a race we DON’T want to win
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Source: we the pvblic
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