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%.

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. #covid @dzbb @DZAR1026 @ali_sotto @dwiz882 pic.twitter.com/UMH2bS6mEj

— Dr. Guido David (@iamguidodavid) July 2, 2023

The provinces where the positivity rate declined include Bulacan, with 5.5 percent from last week’s 6.7 percent; Cagayan, with 15.3 percent from last week’s 16.7 percent; and Camarines Sur, with 14.5 percent from last week’s 18.8 percent.

Moreover, Cavite recorded 6.6 percent from last week’s 8.4 percent; La Union with 9.7 percent from 12.4 percent; Oriental Mindoro with 5.3 percent from last week’s 8 percent; Pampanga with 14.2 percent from last week’s 18.3 percent; and Pangasinan with 15.4 percent from last week’s 18.5 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.

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.