6th District of Iloilo?

          Will there be a Sixth District of Iloilo in the near future?

          For the longest time, it has been decades since the province of Iloilo added a new legislative district. Times have changed now and populations ever increasing. Based on the population projections for Philippine municipalities, Iloilo is indeed ripe for the addition on another district, the 6th district of Iloilo.

          Based on the projection for the year 2022, the presidential election year, the map below shows how Iloilo province will be rearranged to accommodate a new district while satisfying the required 250,000 district population.

          If this will be realized this move, adding another district to Iloilo, will create more representation for the province of Iloilo in the congress.

What do you think?

Source: DOH Population Projections 2018-2022; www.doh.gov.ph/node/15619

Sixth (6th) District of Iloilo soon?

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Confirmed COVID-19 Cases in the Philippines by Province

Confirmed COVID-19 cases in each province of the Philippines as of March 31, 2020, 4PM (GMT +8)

Source: DOH COVID-19 Tracker

COVID-19 Testing Centers in the Philippines

Working capacity of the following COVID-19 laboratories as of March 27, 2020 in number of tests per day.

1. Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM): 600
2. Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center: 80 - 160
3. San Lazaro Hospital: 80 - 160
4. Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center: 80 - 160
5. Southern Philippines Medical Center: 80 - 160


Source: Department of Health
PS: the base map shows the population density of the Philippines