OCTA: Metro Manila ICUs may reach full capacity in first week of April
OCTA Research projects that Metro Manila hospitals' ICU capacity will reach full capacity in the first week of April if current trends continue.
The group's latest report on Saturday, March 20, indicates a reproduction rate of 1.95, meaning one infected person is infecting nearly two others.
Reducing this number to 1.5 could delay reaching full ICU capacity by one to two weeks until mid-April.
OCTA warns that unless immediate action is taken, hospital facilities and medical frontliners will be overwhelmed within several weeks.
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