The Covid-19 positivity rate in Metro Manila continued to increase over the past week, rising from 12.7 percent on April 25 to 19.7 percent on May 2, based on the monitoring of the OCTA Research on Wednesday, May 3. | ManilaBulletin
OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David said the region’s positivity rate “could go as high as 25 percent.”The OCTA fellow previously stated that the Covid-19 Omicron subvariant XBB.1.16 spreading in the country may be the cause of the increasing Covid-19 cases.
Positivity rate refers to the number of individuals who yielded positive results from among those who have been tested for Covid-19.David also noted that hospital occupancy in Metro Manila rose from 22.5 percent on April 25 to 24.7 percent on May 2. On Wednesday, the Department of Health reported 867 new Covid-19 cases across the country, of which 392 cases were recorded in Metro Manila.According to OCTA's metrics, the country currently has a positivity rate of 17.1 percent.
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