(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) Aside from Metro Manila, Quezon, and Rizal, the provinces of Cavite and Laguna are also now classified as "low risk" for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) transmission, the OCTA Research Group said on Wednesday, Feb. 16. OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David said the group...
(SCREEN GRAB FROM PTV FACEBOOK PAGE) The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) daily positivity rate in Metro Manila is now close to the World Health Organization's (WHO) benchmark of 5 percent after decreasing to 6.8 percent as of Monday, Feb. 14, the OCTA Research Group said on Tuesday, Feb. 15. If the...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) Metro Manila, Quezon, and Rizal remained at "low risk" from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), while nearby provinces were at "moderate risk," the OCTA Research Group said on Monday, Feb. 14. OCTA fellow Dr. Guido David noted that the risk levels of these areas were...
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections in Visayas continue to decrease, but Iloilo City remained “high risk” for the viral transmission of the disease, an OCTA Research fellow said on Sunday, Feb. 13. Risk levels of HUCs in Visayas as of Feb. 12 (Image courtesy of Dr. Guido David) OCTA...
The ongoing downward trend of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the Philippines may be attributed to the increasing vaccination rate in the country, as well as the population protection acquired by many after the recent Omicron surge, an OCTA Research fellow said on Saturday, Feb. 12. (Photo...
People flock to Ilaya in Binondo, Manila to shop, with the National Capital Region enjoying the benefits of easing of alert levels. (FILE PHOTO BY ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) said on Friday, Feb. 11, that Metro Manila remains under the moderate-risk case...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) Metro Manila's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) risk level could further go down to "very low" by March, the OCTA Research Group said on Friday, Feb. 11. "The magic number to achieve very low-risk classification is 140 new cases per day, which seems possible by March. The...
Muntinlupa City’s active coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases have gone down as the National Capital Region (NCR) recorded a drop in cases. Tally from Muntinlupa’s City Health Office (CHO) showed that as of Feb. 9, Muntinlupa has 130 active cases, a decrease by 101 cases from 231 recorded on...
Metro Manila is now classified as “low risk” for coronavirus disease (COVID-19), an OCTA research fellow said on Thursday, Feb. 10. (Unsplash) OCTA fellow Dr. Guido David, in a Twitter post, said that as of Feb. 9, Metro Manila has been classified as “low risk” for COVID-19. “National...
Cotabato and Iligan, two of the highly-urbanized cities (HUCs) in Mindanao, are now classified as “moderate risk,” but the rest of the HUCs in the region are still classified as “high risk” for coronavirus disease (COVID-19), an OCTA Research fellow said on Thursday, Feb. 10. (Image...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) As the situation in the region continues to improve, the OCTA Research Group on Wednesday, Feb. 9, said that Metro Manila could now be classified as "low-risk" for coronavirus disease (COVID-19). "As predicted two weeks ago, NCR improves to low risk as of February 9,...
OCTA fellow Dr. Guido David (SCREEN GRAB FROM PTV FACEBOOK PAGE) As the surge caused by the Omicron variant is already subsiding, a fellow of the OCTA Research Group is hoping that coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the Philippines may return to "three digits" a day by March. "We are hoping by...
