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The positivity rate in Metro Manila, which accounted for 31.5% of the country’s economic output last year, fell to 11.6% as of Dec. 23 from 14.3% as of Dec. 16, OCTA fellow Fredegusto P. David said in a Facebook Messenger chat. The 11.6% positivity rate was also lower than the 13.9% rate from Dec. 11 to 17, which was also a decline from the 14.4% rate as of Dec. 10.The OCTA fellow reminded Filipinos to continue wearing face masks as much as possible.that the country might record as many as 3,000 daily COVID-19 infections in December as Filipinos hold holiday activities.
The Department of Health had said Filipinos should learn to live with the virus in the “new normal,” noting that “variants will continue to emerge.”
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