Batangas, Cavite, Laguna, Quezon from high risk to moderate risk for COVID-19 — OCTA
The province of Quezon posted a positivity rate of 25 percent and eight percent in Rizal.
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“The goal in NCR is to reduce [the] positivity rate below 10%,” David said.
The positivity rate refers to the percentage of people who would test positive among the total number of individuals tested for SARS-CoV 2, the virus which causes COVID-19.
Meanwhile, the growth rate in Metro Manila is at -62 percent and -48 percent in Batangas.
In the case of Cavite, the growth rate was recorded at -66 percent, Laguna at -62 percent, Quezon at -37 percent and Rizal at -65 percent.
The daily growth rate is the percentage increase in cases from the previous day, using the 7-day average of new cases.
The average daily attack rate (ADAR) in Metro Manila was posted at 19.58, 11.63 in Batangas, 16.12 in Cavite, 17.23 in Laguna, 7.43 in Quezon and 11.79 in Rizal.
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The ADAR refers to the percentage of an at-risk population that is infected with the virus during a specific time period.
Meanwhile, the healthcare utilization rate for these provinces are all “low,” according to OCTA.