The COVID-19 positivity price within the National Capital Region (NCR) barely elevated final week to 25.7%, knowledge by impartial monitoring group OCTA Research on Monday confirmed.
OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David mentioned that NCR’s positivity price— or the share of people that have been discovered constructive for COVID-19 among the many complete variety of people examined—was “almost flat” from 25.4% on May 13, to 25.7% on May 20.
“In NCR, it was almost flat from 25.4% to 25.7% suggesting that it may be decreasing this week,” he mentioned in a tweet.
Meanwhile, Isabela’s positivity price soared to 67.4% from 36.6%, over the identical interval.
Other provinces additionally posted excessive positivity charges akin to Bataan, Batangas, Benguet, Bulacan, Cagayan, Camarines Sur, Cavite, La Union, Laguna, Oriental Mindoro, Palawan, Pampanga, Quezon, Rizal, and Zambales.
The Philippines on Sunday registered 1,912 new COVID-19 instances, the primary every day tally in 4 days to go beneath 2,000.
Seven further instances of the Omicron subvariant XBB.1.16 or “Arcturus” have been detected within the nation which introduced the overall caseload to 11, primarily based on the Department of Health’s (DOH) newest COVID-19 biosurveillance report. — Giselle Ombay/RSJ, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
