By Ma. Teresa Montemayor | Philippine News Agency
MANILA – The OCTA Research Group said on Wednesday that the National Capital Region (NCR) is now down to “high risk” classification for COVID-19 from “severe outbreak” last week.
“Expecting NCR to be at moderate risk next week,” OCTA Research Fellow Group member Guido David tweeted on Wednesday, Jan. 26.
Data from Covidactnow show NCR’s seven-day average cases is 6,280 for January 19 to 25 — lower than the previous week’s 15,782 cases.
Its current average daily attack rate is 44% while its seven-day positivity rate is 24%.
Positivity rate is the percentage of COVID-19 tests performed that turned out positive in a certain area or region.
Meantime, the region’s reproduction number, individuals a COVID-19 patient can infect, is down to 0.71 from last week’s 2.06.
The health care utilization rate in the region is now low at 48%.
The intensive care unit utilization rate is also low at 44%. (PNA) – bny
