The recorded new COVID-19 instances within the Philippines could go as excessive as 1,200 on Sunday, December 18, based mostly on the projections of impartial monitoring group OCTA Research.
In a tweet on Saturday evening, OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David stated the brand new infections on Sunday could vary from 1,000 to 1,200.
This was after the Department of Health logged 1,196 new COVID-19 instances on Saturday, bringing the energetic caseload all the way down to 18,262.
David stated that the nationwide positivity price — or the share of people that have been discovered constructive for COVID-19 among the many complete variety of people examined — was at 12.5%.
DOH’s newest information confirmed that the National Capital Region recorded the very best variety of new infections up to now two weeks with 5,945 instances.
Next was Calabarzon with 2,498; Central Luzon with 1,222; Cagayan Valley with 716; and Western Visayas with 706. —Giselle Ombay/KG, GMA Integrated News
