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OCTA: NCR's weekly COVID-19 positivity rate breaches 20% as of May 3
OCTA: NCR's weekly COVID-19 positivity rate breaches 20% as of May 3
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OCTA: NCR's weekly COVID-19 positivity rate breaches 20% as of May 3
by Christhel Cuazon05 May 2023
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The weekly COVID-19 positivity rate in the National Capital Region has already surpassed the 20% benchmark as of May 3, according to OCTA Research.

This was confirmed by OCTA Research Fellow Dr. Guido David in a Twitter post, saying that the NCR 7-day testing positivity rate was reported at 20.4% as of May 3 from the 14% logged on April 26.

David noted that the last time it was above 20% was back on January 29, 2022, during the surge of the Omicron BA.2.

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In an interview with dzRH, Guido said they are projecting that the positivity rate — the percentage of people who were found positive for COVID-19 — in Metro Manila would go as high as 25% for the month of May.

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“Hospital occupancy increased slightly to 25.5%," David added.

On Thursday, the Philippines logged 1,190 new COVID-19 cases with the active tally rising to 8,371. It was the highest number of new cases in the past three days.

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