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Metro Manila at moderate risk for COVID-19, healthcare utilization still low risk: DOH

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Pedestrians walk at a crossing in Makati City on July 12, 2022. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/tvpatrol/07/28/20220712-pedestrians-economy-makati-md-14.jpg"/><figcaption>Pedestrians walk at a crossing in Makati City on July 12, 2022. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA — Metro Manila is now classified under &quot;moderate risk&quot; for COVID-19 following an increase in cases, the Department of Health said on Thursday.The capital region&#x27;s average daily attack rate (ADAR), or the number of new cases over a 2-week period divided by its population, was at 7.25 cases per 100,000 population, according to the health agency.The Philippines overall is still classified as &quot;low risk&quot; for coronavirus cases due to &quot;low risk&quot; healthcare utilization, despite all regions showing rising cases in the last one and 2 weeks, the DOH said. There is a &quot;continued slow incline&quot; in intensive care unit admissions but the utilization remains &quot;low risk&quot; at 21 percent, according to Health Undersecretary Beverly Ho.&quot;Nananatiling mas mababa sa 1,000 cases simula mid-March ang ating severe at critical admissions. &#x27;Di po sinasabayan ng admissions natin ang pagtaas ng mga kaso,&quot; she told reporters.(Our severe and critical cases remain below 1,000 since mid-March. There aren&#x27;t as many hospital admissions as there are new cases.)<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/25/22/ph-logs-33pct-week-on-week-spike-in-new-covid-cases">Philippines reports 33pct more COVID cases during the last week</a></li></ul>The country has an ADAR of 2.43 cases per 100,000 population and a 14.8 percent positivity rate, up from last week&#x27;s 12.5 percent, Ho said.The entry of more transmissible omicron subvariants BA.5, BA.4, and BA.2.12.1 is a factor in the country&#x27;s continuously rising virus infections, DOH officer-in-charge Maria Rosario Vergeire earlier said.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/28/22/ph-detects-923-more-cases-of-omicron-subvariants">Philippines detects 923 more cases of omicron subvariants</a></li></ul>The public&#x27;s increased mobility, waning immunity, and lower compliance to health standards also contribute to the rise in cases, Vergeire added.

Metro Manila is now at 'moderate risk' for COVID-19 following an increase in infections, the Department of Health said Thursday.