Health
NCR positivity rate increases to 14.5%
Overall, the country has logged 1,997 cases of the BA.5 subvariant , 71 of BA.4, and 154 of BA.2.12.1. (File photo: Kristine Wook/Unsplash)
MANILA – The positivity rate or the number of individuals who tested positive for Covid-19 in the National Capital Region (NCR) slightly increased from 14.3 percent on July 23 to 14.5 five days later.
In a tweet Friday, OCTA Research Group fellow Dr. Guido David said NCR’s average daily attack rate is 7.80 cases per 100,000 population while its reproduction number is at 1.28.
The health care utilization rate is at 36.9 percent, with 2,180 beds occupied.
Nationwide, there are 10 areas with a positivity rate higher than 20 percent — Aklan with 33.1 percent; Antique, 25.2 percent; Cagayan, 20.9 percent; Capiz, 48.8 percent; Cavite, 26.5 percent; Isabela, 31.7 percent; Laguna, 30.6 percent; Nueva Ecija, 23.4 percent; Pampanga, 25.2 percent; and Tarlac 33.1 percent.
On Thursday, the Department of Health reported 890 additional cases of the Omicron BA.5 subvariant of the coronavirus disease 2019, but 823 of them have already recovered.
Overall, the country has logged 1,997 cases of the BA.5 subvariant , 71 of BA.4, and 154 of BA.2.12.1.
Total active Covid-19 cases are at 29,897 as of Thursday.
