DOH: Metro Manila now moderate risk for COVID-19

Metro Manila has been reclassified to moderate risk for COVID-19, with 13 out of 17 cities and its lone municipality also classified as moderate risk, according to the Department of Health (DOH).

Independent OCTA Research group also stated that Metro Manila remained at the moderate risk classification amid a "slow" but "steady" rise in infections.

The seven-day positivity rate in Metro Manila has climbed from 17.5 percent on Sept. 1 to 18.9 percent on Sept. 28.

However, the reproduction number has decreased from 1.28 on Sept. 19 to 1.10 as of Sept. 26.

The average daily attack rate in the National Capital Region (NCR) was 7.42 per day per 100,000 as of Sept. 29, which is considered moderate.

Despite the increase in cases, hospitalization rates across the country remain below 50 percent, and healthcare utilization and intensive care unit (ICU) occupancy in the region remained low.