Metro Manila at ‘moderate risk’ for COVID-19

uses wait in a queue at the EDSA Bus Carousel Quezon Avenue Terminal (PNA photo by Robert Oswald P. Alfiler)

By Gabriela Baron

Metro Manila is now deemed “moderate risk” for COVID-19 following a decline in the number of infections, according to OCTA Research Group.

In a tweet, OCTA Research Group fellow Dr. Guidon David bared that the one-week testing positivity rate of Metro Manila dropped to 19.9% or “moderate” as of May 30.

It was at 24.4% or “high” on May 23.

“COVID-19 hospital beds occupied decreased slightly over the same period, and remaining at low occupancy,” David said in a tweet.

On Wednesday, May 31, the Department of Health reported 1,279 additional COVID-19 cases in the country, bringing the active COVID-19 cases to 14,838.

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