The average number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases per day in Metro Manila continues to increase as it is now averaging 897 cases daily during the July 18-24 period, OCTA Research said in its latest monitoring report released on Sunday, July 25.
Its average number of daily cases is up by 43 percent as compared to the July 11-17 period when Metro Manila was only averaging 627 cases per day.
Metro Manila's reproduction number also continues to rise at 1.29, which means that there is an increasing COVID-19 infection in the region.
While the average number of daily new cases in Metro Manila continued to increase, OCTA noted that the positivity rate is still "moderate" at 7 percent.
It has a "moderate" average daily attack rate (ADAR) of 6.5 cases per 100,000 population.
ICU or intensive care unit utilization in Metro Manila also remains "low" at 45 percent.
In general, OCTA said that Metro Manila is still at "moderate risk" for COVID-19.
In its monitoring report, OCTA also observed a 17 percent increase in the country's average daily COVID-19 cases with 5,826 cases during the July 18-24 period from 4,982 cases during the July 11-17 period.
Positivity rate is "high" at 12 percent while reproduction number of 1.10 and ADAR of 5.36 remain "moderate."
ICU utilization in the country is still "low" at 56 percent.
OCTA said the country is still at "moderate risk" for the disease.
OCTA Research explained that the risk level of an area is assessed using the indicators of the Covid Act Now developed by the Harvard Global Health Institute, Apple, Microsoft, and Bloomberg.
Four indicators are used to determine the COVID risk of an area, which include incidence based on the local government unit's most current reproduction number; incidence based on the most recent seven-day average of new cases per 100,000 population, also called average daily attack rate; hospital ICU utilization rate; and testing which refers to the most recent seven-day average of the test positivity rate.