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...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) Eight highly urbanized cities in Luzon are seeing a downtrend in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, the OCTA Research Group said on Wednesday, Feb. 9. "Downward trends observed in Angeles, Baguio City, Dagupan, Lucena, Naga City, Olongapo, Puerto Princesa, and...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The OCTA Research Group on Tuesday, Feb. 8, said five local government units (LGUs) in Metro Manila are now classified as "low risk" for coronavirus disease (COVID-19). "Caloocan, Pateros, Navotas, Taguig, and Marikina are now classified as low risk as their ADAR...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) Metro Manila's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) positivity rate, or the number of individuals who yielded positive results from among those who were tested for COVID-19, has decreased to 9.6 percent as of Feb. 6, the OCTA Research Group said on Monday, Feb. 7. "The last...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) As coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases continue to drop across the country, the OCTA Research Group estimated that the Philippines may only have 1,000 to 2,000 daily cases by the end of February. In a tweet on Sunday, Feb. 6, OCTA fellow Dr. Guido David noted that the...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The OCTA Research Group is hoping that the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Metro Manila will continue their downtrend and return to the pre-surge level by the end of February. Citing the data from the Department of Health, OCTA fellow Dr. Guido David said Metro...
