The Delta variant of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is expected to gradually “die out and disappear” as the highly transmissible Omicron variant takes over, a fellow of OCTA Research said. (File Photo / Unsplash) “If what happens here mimics what happened elsewhere in the world, is that in...
Amid the spike of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the country, the OCTA Research group on Tuesday, Jan. 4, said that Metro Manila’s hospital bed occupancy for COVID-19 has increased to 29 percent. (File Photo / AFP / Manila Bulletin) “In seven days, hospital bed occupancy for COVID-19...
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...
Faster than the Delta-driven surge, Metro Manila’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) reproduction rate has escalated to a “very high” level of 4.78, said the OCTA Research group on Monday, Jan 3. (Manila Bulletin File Photo) Reproduction rate refers to the average number of secondary...
(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...
Metro Manila’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) reproduction number has increased to 2.19, the region’s highest tally since July 2020, said the OCTA Research group on Friday, Dec. 31. (File Photo / Unsplash) “The reproduction number in the National Capital Region (NCR) increased to 2.19 as of...
The country’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases may escalate to over 2,500 ahead of New Year, said the OCTA Research group. People flock for last minute buying at Bankerohan Market in Davao City on Friday morning, Dec. 31, 2021. (KEITH BACONGCO / MANILA BULLETIN ) “New COVID-19 cases in the...
Octa Research logo The OCTA Research Group said that Metro Manila is now at "moderate risk" for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) following the rise in cases daily. “There is an increase in the risk level classification of the National Capital Region (NCR) from ‘very low risk’ (from Dec. 16 to...
(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...