The COVID-19 positivity fee within the province of Albay elevated to 21.6% as locals gathered collectively in evacuation facilities amid Mayon Volcano’s intensified unrest, knowledge by unbiased monitoring group OCTA Research confirmed Sunday.
OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David stated that Albay’s seven-day testing positivity fee went up from 14.8% on June 23, to 21.6% on June 30.
Positivity fee refers back to the share of people that had been discovered constructive for COVID-19 among the many complete variety of people examined.
A complete of 18,751 individuals or 5,365 households had been staying in 28 evacuation facilities within the Bicol Region, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) stated on Sunday.
On the opposite hand, 1,427 individuals or 408 households had been looking for momentary shelters outdoors of evacuation facilities whereas Mayon Volcano is underneath Alert Level 3.
The National Capital Region’s (NCR) positivity fee, in the meantime, continued to dip throughout the identical interval. It reached 5% on Friday from the earlier 5.9%.
With this, the NCR was now at “low risk” for COVID-19, David stated.
The whole Philippines on Saturday registered 319 new COVID-19 circumstances, with the energetic caseload down to six,945. — DVM, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
