The COVID-19 positivity rate in the National Capital Region (NCR) increased over the first week of April, hitting 6.5 percent on Saturday, according to independent monitoring OCTA Research Group on Monday.
OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David said the NCR’s positivity rate, or the percentage of people who were found positive for COVID-19 among the total number of individuals tested, increased from 4.4 percent on April 1, to 6.5 percent on April 8.
Other areas seen surpassing the 5 percent benchmark set by the World Health Organization (WHO) were Benguet, Camarines Sur, Cavite, Cebu, Davao del Sur, Isabela, Misamis Oriental, Negros Occidental, Palawan, Rizal, and South Cotabato.
Last week, Department of Health (DOH) officer-in-charge Maria Rosario Vergeire said the increasing number of new COVID cases in the country is still insignificant as hospital utilization remained low and manageable.
The Philippines logged 177 new COVID cases nationwide on Easter Sunday, the lowest tally in four days.
This brought the active caseload down to 9,493.
NCR still logged the most number of new infections among all regions in the last two weeks at 1,065. It was followed by Davao Region with 385, Northern Mindanao with 335, Calabarzon with 328, and Central Visayas with 172.
The DOH’s tracker noted that the new cases bring the country’s COVID total to 4,083,678.
The total of active cases decreased by 110 to 9,493, the lowest total in four days but the ninth straight day of more than 9,000 active cases.
Total recoveries increased by 255 cases to 4,007,765 (from yesterday’s 4,007,510, while the death toll rose by four to 66,420.
The region with the most new COVID-19 cases in the last two weeks is Metro Manila with 1,065 cases, followed by Davao Region with 385, northern Mindanao with 335, Calabarzon with 328, and Central Visayas with 172.
Davao City recorded the most new COVID cases in the last two weeks with 288, followed by Quezon City with 229, City of Manila with 181, Cagayan De Oro City with 143, and Cavite province with 123.
COVID bed occupancy is at 14.6 percent with 3,439 beds occupied and 20,185 vacant.