(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The independent research group OCTA on Tuesday, Jan. 11, said that Metro Manila is now dealing with a "severe outbreak" of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) amid the Omicron variant taking over Delta as the dominant variant in the country. "The average daily attack rate...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The tremendous increase in the number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases continued as Metro Manila registered a new all-time high number of infections on Sunday, Jan. 9, the independent research group OCTA said on Monday, Jan. 10. Citing data from the Department of...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) positivity rate in Metro Manila has reached 50.5 percent on Jan. 7--the first time it exceeded 50 percent in the region--the independent research group OCTA said on Sunday, Jan. 9. In an update posted on Twitter, OCTA Research Fellow...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) Over 11,00 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases were recorded in Metro Manila on Thursday, Jan. 6, setting a new record for the number of infections in a day, the independent research group OCTA said Friday, Jan. 7. "The steep increase in new COVID-19 cases in the...
Independent research group OCTA said on Wednesday, Jan. 5, that coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Metro Manila as well as Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon) may start to go down in the middle of the month and towards the end of it if the same trajectory as South Africa would...
The country’s new number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases could reach up to 6,000 on Tuesday, Jan. 4, said the OCTA Research group. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) OCTA fellow Dr. Guido David, in a Twitter post on Monday evening, Jan. 3, said that "even with lower testing, there is a...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The rapid increase in the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing positivity rate in Metro Manila over the past few days has slowed down likely due to a decrease in social and mass gatherings leading up to New Year's eve, OCTA Research Fellow Dr. Guido David said on...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) Independent research group OCTA expressed concern over the increasing number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) positive individuals admitted into the hospitals, which has almost doubled over the past week. "The number of occupied hospital beds for COVID-19 in the NCR...
Independent research group OCTA said that new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the country may swell to 4,000 on Saturday, Jan. 1. People watch fireworks display that light up the night sky over Quezon Memorial Circle on New Year's celebration, Jan. 1, 2022. Unlike last year where the city's...
Taguig posted the third highest number of new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the country on Dec. 31, according to a research group. Dr. Guido David of OCTA Research posted online the local government units (LGUs) with the highest new COVID-19 cases for Dec. 31. According to David, Taguig...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) Amid the increasing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections, Metro Manila's daily testing positivity rate is now up to 5 percent for the first time since Oct. 24, 2021, the independent research group OCTA said on Tuesday evening, Dec. 28. Positivity rate refers to the...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) risk of the cities of Manila and San Juan increased over the past week to "moderate risk," independent research group OCTA said on Tuesday, Dec. 28. In its update via Twitter, OCTA research fellow Dr. Guido David said that Metro Manila...
