As of July 1, the positive rate for COVID-19 in the National Capital Region (NCR) was at 4.9 percent.
On Sunday night, OCTA Research Group Fellow Dr. Guido David tweeted that the NCR's positive rate the previous week was 6%.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
Covid19 7-day testing positivity rate in NCR decreased from 6% to 4.9% as of July 1 2023. PR also fell below 5% in Laguna and Rizal. Positivity rates decreased or stayed flat in many provinces but an uptick was observed in Palawan. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/covid?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#covid</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/dzbb?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@dzbb</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/DZAR1026?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DZAR1026</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ali_sotto?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ali_sotto</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/dwiz882?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@dwiz882</a> <a href="https://t.co/UMH2bS6mEj">pic.twitter.com/UMH2bS6mEj</a>
&mdash; Dr. Guido David (@iamguidodavid) <a href="https://twitter.com/iamguidodavid/status/1675500309714554880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 2, 2023</a></blockquote>
The provinces where the positivity rate declined include Bulacan, with 5.5 percent from last week&rsquo;s 6.7 percent; Cagayan, with 15.3 percent from last week&rsquo;s 16.7 percent; and Camarines Sur, with 14.5 percent from last week&rsquo;s 18.8 percent.
Moreover, Cavite recorded 6.6 percent from last week&rsquo;s 8.4 percent; La Union with 9.7 percent from 12.4 percent; Oriental Mindoro with 5.3 percent from last week&rsquo;s 8 percent; Pampanga with 14.2 percent from last week&rsquo;s 18.3 percent; and Pangasinan with 15.4 percent from last week&rsquo;s 18.5 percent.
Quezon with 5.8 percent from last week&rsquo;s 9.5 percent; and Zambales with 6 percent from last week&rsquo;s 9.5 percent.
The Department of Health recorded 423 new cases, bringing the total to 4,165,499 with 6,925 active cases as of July 2.&nbsp;
A total of 443 additional recoveries were registered, bringing the total number of recovered cases to 4,092,090.
There were no additional deaths recorded, bringing the total number of COVID-19 deaths to 66,484.&nbsp;

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OCTA: NCR COVID-19 positivity rate dips to 4.9%