MANILA, Philippines – The average number of new cases of DAY-consistent COVID-19 in metropolitan Manila has fallen by 30% to just 1,644 new infections over the following week, independent firm OCTA Research said in its saturday newsletter.
OCTA Research also noted that the number of reproductions, or the estimated number of others who would feel inflamed with a coronavirus user, in the metropolitan domain of Manila decreased to 0. 57.
Meanwhile, he said the positivity rate, which refers to the percentage of coronavirus controls that test positive, has also fallen to 12%, still well above the ideal positivity rate of 5% established through the World Health Organization.
The study organization also found that the average attack rate, or the consistent percentage of a population inflamed by the disease, was reduced to less than 12 infections consistent with 100,000 people.
The cities of Navotas, Malabon, Manila and Caloocan, he added, can now be classified as moderate threat areas, as their average attack rates have fallen below 10 infections, equivalent to 100,000 people.
According to OCTA, Navotas has the lowest average attack rate in the metropolitan manila domain with only 5. 99 infections corresponding to 100,000 people, while Pateros has the highest average attack rate with 32. 35 infections corresponding to 100,000 people.
Meanwhile, Taguig recorded the biggest drop in COVID-19 cases in the metropolitan domain of Manila, and the city recorded a 57% drop in new infections.
The metropolitan domain of Manila, along with Cavite, Rizal and Bulacan, moved saturday to the lax general quarantine of the community, “with greater restrictions” that come with allowing only an essential journey to and from those domains.
The replacement in quarantine regimes occurred at a time when COVID-19 instances had a downward trend in the country, but also against the detection of a more infectious coronavirus variant first known in India. – Gregorio Xave
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