The OCTA Research Group said that cases in Metro Manila recorded a 25% drop in terms of daily infection. However, cases are spiking in other areas outside the National Capital Region.
From May 14 to May 20, the daily case average in Metro Manila went down to 1,299. This is a 25-percent decline from the number recorded in the previous 7-day week-long period.
Average cases from May 9- May 15 were at 1,644. Metro Manila’s case reproduction rate, or the number of people getting infected with COVID-19, went down to 0.54 in May 14 to May 20.
The positivity rate however remains high at 11 percent, while hospitalization rate is at 48%.
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“Health-care utilization rate in the NCR was considered safe at 48 percent,” OCTA said in its report.
The cities of Navotas, Malabon, Caloocan, Manila, Pasay, Muntinlupa, Taguig, Valenzuela and Quezon City are considered areas with moderate risks of COVID-19 transmission.
“A local government with an average daily attack rate (Adar) of less than 10 per 100,000 is [at] moderate risk, according to the Department of Health, while an LGU with an Adar greater than 10 is considered high risk,” OCTA said.
Other areas of concern according to the research group are Cabuyao and San Pablo, Laguna, Iloilo CIty, Bacolod, and Cagayan De Oro City,
These five LGUs are “considered high-risk areas” based on their Adar, which ranged from 11.49 to 13.92, OCTA said.
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Zamboanga City is another area of concern according to the team but the rise in new cases has slowed down.
The Department of Health reported 6,258 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, May 21.
This is the highest number of cases announced in the last 6 days. The new confirmed cases bring the country’s total to 1,171,403 cases.
Based on the latest DOH bulletin 55,531 or 4.7 percent are considered active or those people currently infected by the virus.
The death toll is now at 19,673 after reporting 141 new fatalities.
Recoveries, meanwhile, climbed to 1,096,109 with 2,586 additional recovered patients. (TDT)
