COVID positivity rate in Metro Manila rises to 19.7 percent: OCTA

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Passengers line up for the EDSA Bus Carousel at Roosevelt Station in Quezon City on April 25, 2023. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/life/05/04/20230425-edsa-carousel-mask-mandate-md.jpg"/><figcaption>Passengers line up for the EDSA Bus Carousel at Roosevelt Station in Quezon City on April 25, 2023. <em>Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA<strong> (UPDATE) </strong>— Metro Manila&#x27;s weekly COVID-19 positivity rate rose to 19.7 percent as of May 2, according to pandemic monitor OCTA Research.</p><p>OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David said Wednesday night the latest positivity rate or the percentage of tests turning out positive for the coronavirus increased by 7 points from 12.7 recorded on April 25.</p><p>&quot;This could go as high as 25 percent,&quot; he warned in a tweet.</p><p>The World Health Organization recommends a 5-percent threshold for COVID-19 positivity rate.</p><p>The hospital occupancy in the capital region, Guido also said, increased to 24.7 percent on May 2 from 22.5 percent on April 25.</p><p>Infections surged in the past weeks due to increased mobility, waning immunity and more contagious COVID-19 variants, he earlier told ABS-CBN News.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/05/02/23/mandatory-face-mask-rule-di-kailangang-ibalik-doh">Mandatory face mask rule &#x27;di kailangang ibalik: DOH</a></li></ul><p>The Philippines on Wednesday reported 867 additional coronavirus infections, bringing its tally to 4,096,335. The current nationwide positivity rate stood at 17.1 percent.</p><p>The country recorded its first COVID-19 case on Jan. 30, 2020 in a Chinese woman who arrived from Wuhan, China where the disease is believed to have first emerged.</p><p>Since the pandemic was declared, some 66,444 have died due to COVID-19 in the Philippines.</p><div><strong>&#x27;NOT SOLE CRITERION&#x27;</strong></div><p>In response to OCTA&#x27;s latest monitoring, the Department of Health said the positivity rate was expected to increase following a shift in testing protocols, which focused more on symptomatic individuals.</p><p>&quot;The positivity rate is not the sole criterion in monitoring our COVID-19 situation. There are many factors or measures to consider as to an area’s increase in COVID-19 cases,&quot; the DOH said in a statement.</p><p>&quot;This means metrics such as transmission rate, contact rate, and longer durations of infectiousness are not sole drivers of transmission and increases in cases,&quot; the agency added.</p><p>For the DOH, the public should focus on the healthcare utilization rates and hospital admissions, which it earlier said remained low risk.</p><p>In a press briefing on Tuesday, acting health chief Maria Rosario Vergeire said the country&#x27;s average daily COVID-19 cases might remain at 600 until June.</p><p>&quot;Based on the projections, hanggang sa June, we are seeing na medyo may pagtaas pa hanggang mga 600 na numero ng kaso,&quot; she said.</p><p>&quot;Eventually, siguro pagkatapos ng Hunyo na &#x27;yan, hopefully pababa na ang mga kaso.&quot; </p><p>She urged the public to wear masks in high-risk settings, isolate when sick, and get vaccinated and boosted.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/02/23/doh-sees-600-daily-covid-cases-until-june">DOH sees 600 daily COVID-19 cases until June</a></li></ul><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2601811" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

Metro Manila's weekly COVID-19 positivity rate rose to 19.7 percent as of May 2, according to pandemic monitor OCTA Research.

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COVID positivity rate in Metro Manila rises to 19.7 percent: OCTA

COVID positivity rate in Metro Manila rises to 19.7 percent: OCTA

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Published May 04, 2023 11:46 AM PHT

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