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OCTA: Lucena now ‘very low risk’ for COVID-19
Lucena City in Quezon has been downgraded to 'very low risk' for COVID-19, according to independent monitoring group OCTA Research.
This improvement is attributed to the city's very low average daily attack rate (ADAR) of 0.79 and a positivity rate of 3%.
The ADAR represents the daily average of new cases per 100,000 individuals, while the positivity rate indicates the proportion of positive tests out of all tests conducted.
Lucena City also registered a reproduction rate of 0.13, signifying a slowdown in virus transmission, and a healthcare utilization rate (HCUR) of 15%.
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