Rizal sees spike in COVID-19 cases with growth rate at 47%
Rizal province is experiencing a spike in COVID-19 cases with its positivity rate increasing to 17.4% as of Sept. 10.
The one-week growth rate of new cases rose from -15% to 47%, and the reproduction number increased from 0.90 to 1.25.
On Sept. 9, Rizal reported 228 new cases, higher than its previous peak during the current wave.
OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David noted that the increase in positivity rate indicates a spike rather than backlog.
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