The Covid-19 positivity rate in Metro Manila has increased to more than 10 percent, the OCTA Research Group said on Saturday, July 9. OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David posted on his official Twitter page that Metro Manila had a positivity rate of 10.4 percent on July 7 as compared to the...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The Covid-19 positivity rates in Metro Manila and eight other provinces in the country have continued to increase over the past week, OCTA fellow Dr. Guido David said on Monday, June 27. David, in an update shared on Twitter, showed that as of June 25, the Covid...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The Covid-19 positivity rate in Metro Manila has increased to 5.5 percent, which is above the 5 percent benchmark recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), a fellow of the OCTA Research Group said on Wednesday, June 22. Positivity rate refers to the number of...
(GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) New Covid-19 infections in Metro Manila rose by 71 percent over the past week, the OCTA Research Group said on Saturday, June 18. In an update shared on Twitter, OCTA fellow Dr. Guido David said that Metro Manila averaged 176 cases daily during the June 11 to 17 monitoring...
Metro Manila’s risk classification for Covid-19 has moved from low to moderate risk, said an OCTA Research fellow on Thursday, June 16. (Unsplash) In an interview with CNN Philippines on Thursday morning, OCTA fellow Dr. Guido David said that based on their metrics, Metro Manila is now...
(SCREEN GRAB FROM LAGING HANDA PUBLIC BRIEFING) Metro Manila may register 400 to 500 Covid-19 cases per day by the end of June because of the steady increase in new infections in the region, the OCTA Research Group said on Tuesday, June 14. “Ang projection namin by end of June, baka umabot na sa...
An uptick in Metro Manila’s Covid-19 positivity rate was observed by independent group OCTA Research on Thursday evening, June 9. (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN) “The situation in the National Capital Region (NCR) has become more concerning as the positivity rate, at 1.5 percent a week ago,...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) Metro Manila remains at low risk from Covid-19 despite seeing a higher reproduction number and positivity rate over the past week, the independent research group OCTA said in its latest monitoring. Reproduction number refers to the average number of secondary infections...
OCTA fellow Dr. Guido David during the Laging Handa Public Briefing on Monday, May 16, 2021. (SCREEN GRAB FROM PTV FACEBOOK PAGE) OCTA research fellow Dr. Guido David said there was no sustained increase in Covid-19 cases so far after the election season in the country. “Wala pa tayong nakitang...
Comelec Acting spokesperson John Rex C. Laudiangco addresses media queries during a press briefing at the PICC in Pasay City on May 12, 2022. (Photo by Jel Santos / MANILA BULLETIN) The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has welcomed the recent report of the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible...
(OCTA) As proven by the partial results of the actual elections, OCTA Research president Ranjit Rye asserted that scientific surveys, such as election surveys, are reliable in conducting public opinion research. “Indeed, scientific surveys are reliable tools for public opinion research,” he...
(NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) University of the Philippines (UP) Political Science professor Ranjit Rye said the unofficial count of votes mirrored the results of pre-election surveys. “So far sa tingin ko, based on the partial and unofficial results na nakikita natin, tama yung...
