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Metro Manila COVID-19 positivity rate further dips to 4.2 pct - OCTA

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Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Children swim in flood waters at the Baseco Compound in Manila on July 6, 2023. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News/File" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/life/07/11/20230706-swimming-heat-weather-md-8.jpg"/><figcaption>Children swim in flood waters at the Baseco Compound in Manila on July 6, 2023. <em>Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News/File</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA (UPDATE) — The weekly COVID-19 positivity rate in Metro Manila further decreased to 4.2 percent as of July 8, <a href="https://twitter.com/iamguidodavid/status/1678214148654505984">according to pandemic monitor OCTA Research</a>.</p><p>OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David said the capital region&#x27;s positivity rate was 4.8 percent on July 1.</p><p>Positivity rate refers to the percentage of COVID-19 tests that come out positive.</p><p>The World Health Organization recommends a 5-percent threshold for COVID-19 positivity rate.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/10/23/doh-logs-2510-covid-19-cases-from-july-3-9">DOH logs 2,510 COVID-19 cases from July 3-9</a></li></ul><p>Guido also said positivity rates went up in Camarines Sur, Oriental Mindoro, Palawan, Quezon, Rizal and Zambales.</p><p>Meanwhile, positivity rates decreased in Bulacan and Cavite.</p><p>The Department of Health earlier said it does not consider positivity rate as the &quot;sole criterion&quot; in monitoring the country&#x27;s COVID-19 situation.</p><p>For the agency, there are many factors to consider as to an area’s increase in coronavirus infections.</p><p>The Philippines on Monday recorded 258 fresh COVID-19 cases, bringing its tally to 4,168,267. Of the figure, some 6,437 are active COVID-19 cases.</p><div><strong>MILD, MODERATE CASES</strong></div><p>According to the DOH, majority of hospital admissions nationally remain to be mild and moderate, with severe and critical cases at 9.3 percent of total admissions.</p><p>As of July 9, there are 382 severe and critical admissions for COVID-19.</p><p>The agency added that nationally, total bed utilization and ICU utilization remain at low risk at 17 percent and 12 percent, respectively, and that all regions also remained at low-risk case classification and had low-risk health-care utilization rates.</p><p>The DOH still urged the public to continue practicing layers of protection, such as the wearing of face masks and isolating when sick.</p><p>&quot;These layers of protection are also effective not only against COVID-19 but also from other infectious diseases. At this time, we entrust the public to raise their risk-tolerance against COVID-19 and continue to practice assessing our risks,&quot; the agency said.</p><p>&quot;More importantly, the DOH continuously encourages the public to get vaccinated and boosted to further strengthen our wall of immunity and to remain protected against COVID-19.&quot;</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2701437" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><div><strong>— With a report from Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News</strong></div>

The weekly COVID-19 positivity rate in Metro Manila further decreased to 4.2 percent as of July 8, according to pandemic monitor OCTA Research.

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Metro Manila COVID-19 positivity rate further dips to 4.2 pct - OCTA

Davinci Maru,

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Published Jul 11, 2023 02:55 PM PHT

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