Manila Bulletin
Metro Manila Covid-19 cases on downtrend — OCTA
The COVID-19 positivity rate in the National Capital Region (NCR) has dropped further to 11.6 percent as of October 25, a decrease from 14.6 percent recorded the previous week.
The COVID reproduction number in Metro Manila also decreased from 0.98 to 0.74 as of October 25.
New COVID-19 cases in the NCR have been decreasing since October 1, with the 7-day average of new cases falling from 807 to 491 for the week of October 19 to 25.
Healthcare utilization rate in the capital region remained low, decreasing to 29 percent from 35 percent the previous week, with ICU occupancy at 23 percent.
OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David theorized that the June 2022 spike may have been caused by the Omicron BA.5, while the September wave could have been due to the XBB Omicron subvariant or the XBC variant.
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