MANILA, Philippines — The Quezon City government yesterday assured the public that the surge in COVID-19 cases is not a cause for alarm, noting that all reported cases have been mild. City hall said there had been no evidence of clustering of COVID cases or severe illness. Data released by the city’s epidemiology and surveillance unit (CESU) over the weekend showed that there were 84 confirmed COVID cases from June 11 to July 1, up from 23 cases reported from May 21 to June 10.