OCTA: COVID-19 reproduction number in NCR down to 1.20

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The National Capital Region’s COVID-19 reproduction number, or the number of people that can be infected, decreased to 1.20 on Jan. 19 from 2.95 a week ago, OCTA Research says.

“Comparing the number of new cases with the projections made on Jan. 20, the figure shows that new cases are tracking slightly below projections,” David added.

Meanwhile, the average daily attack rate in NCR, or the number of confirmed cases in a certain area or population, decreased to 72 per day per 100,000, which is still at very high level. “Residents of NCR are advised to continue to practice extreme caution and strictly comply with health protocols in public areas,” David said.Based on their ADAR, Baguio City and Iloilo City are under the severe outbreak classification. Baguio City and Iloilo City have ADARs of 152.39 and 82.38, respectively.

Cebu City, Iloilo City and Lapu Lapu had new highs in cases reported by DOH on Jan 22. This moved Iloilo City to severe outbreak classification . NCR downgraded from severe outbreak to very high risk.

 

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