Metro Manila's COVID-19 positivity rate rises to 6.5 pct - OCTA

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<div class='embed-wrap'><figure data-feedback='fb:likes,fb:comments'><img alt='Passengers arrive at the Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange in Parañaque City on April 5, 2023. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News' src='https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/life/04/10/20230405-holy-week-pitx-md-15.jpg' ><figcaption>Passengers arrive at the Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange in Parañaque City on April 5, 2023. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA — Metro Manila's COVID-19 positivity rate or the percentage of tests turning out positive for the virus rose in the past week, a think tank said Monday.According to Dr. Guido David of OCTA Research, the capital region's positivity rate increased to 6.5 percent on April 8 from 4.4 percent recorded on April 1.David added that positivity rates were also above 5 percent in the following areas:<ul>	<li>Benguet - 5.5 percent to 6.3 percent</li>	<li>Camarines Sur - 10.4 percent to 14 percent</li>	<li>Cavite - 3.6 percent to 9.3 percent</li>	<li>Cebu - 4.7 percent to 7.7 percent</li>	<li>Davao del Sur - 7.6 percent to 12.2 percent</li>	<li>Isabela - 6.2 percent to 10.9 percent</li>	<li>Misamis Oriental - 27.4 percent to 16.3 percent</li>	<li>Negros Occidental - 2.8 percent to 7.6 percent</li>	<li>Palawan - 4.1 percent to 13.6 percent</li>	<li>Rizal - 5.2 percent to 11.8 percent</li>	<li>South Cotabato - 8.6 percent to 10.2 percent</li></ul>The World Health Organization recommends a 5-percent threshold for COVID-19 positivity rate.<ul class='op-related-articles'>	<li><a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/04/23/filipinos-told-to-mask-up-during-holy-week'>Filipinos told to mask up during Holy Week as DOH notes uptick in COVID cases</a></li></ul>Last week, the Department of Health said the increase in COVID-19 cases was not a cause for concern as hospital admissions were manageable."In spite of meron tayong kaunting pagtaas sa iba't ibang bahagi ng bansa, ang ating mga ospital remains to be manageable," DOH officer-in-charge Maria Rosario Vergeire previously said.(Despite the slight uptick in various parts of the country, our hospitals remain manageable.)As of Easter Sunday, April 9, the Philippines has 9,493 active COVID-19 cases, the DOH's COVID-19 Tracker showed.Since the start of the pandemic, the country has tallied 4,083,678 coronavirus infections. The death toll stood at 66,420.To date, more than 79.1 million are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

<ul>	<li>Benguet - 5.5 percent to 6.3 percent</li>	<li>Camarines Sur - 10.4 percent to 14 percent</li>	<li>Cavite - 3.6 percent to 9.3 percent</li>	<li>Cebu - 4.7 percent to 7.7 percent</li>	<li>Davao del Sur - 7.6 percent to 12.2 percent</li>	<li>Isabela - 6.2 percent to 10.9 percent</li>	<li>Misamis Oriental - 27.4 percent to 16.3 percent</li>	<li>Negros Occidental - 2.8 percent to 7.6 percent</li>	<li>Palawan - 4.1 percent to 13.6 percent</li>	<li>Rizal - 5.2 percent to 11.8 percent</li>	<li>South Cotabato - 8.6 percent to 10.2 percent</li></ul>The World Health Organization recommends a 5-percent threshold for COVID-19 positivity rate.<ul class='op-related-articles'>	<li><a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/04/23/filipinos-told-to-mask-up-during-holy-week'>Filipinos told to mask up during Holy Week as DOH notes uptick in COVID cases</a></li></ul>Last week, the Department of Health said the increase in COVID-19 cases was not a cause for concern as hospital admissions were manageable."In spite of meron tayong kaunting pagtaas sa iba't ibang bahagi ng bansa, ang ating mga ospital remains to be manageable," DOH officer-in-charge Maria Rosario Vergeire previously said.(Despite the slight uptick in various parts of the country, our hospitals remain manageable.)As of Easter Sunday, April 9, the Philippines has 9,493 active COVID-19 cases, the DOH's COVID-19 Tracker showed.Since the start of the pandemic, the country has tallied 4,083,678 coronavirus infections. The death toll stood at 66,420.To date, more than 79.1 million are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

According to Dr. Guido David of OCTA Research, the capital region's positivity rate increased to 6.5 percent on April 8 from 4.4 percent recorded on April 1.David added that positivity rates were also above 5 percent in the following areas:

<div class='embed-wrap'><figure data-feedback='fb:likes,fb:comments'><img alt='Passengers arrive at the Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange in Parañaque City on April 5, 2023. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News' src='https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/life/04/10/20230405-holy-week-pitx-md-15.jpg' ><figcaption>Passengers arrive at the Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange in Parañaque City on April 5, 2023. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA — Metro Manila's COVID-19 positivity rate or the percentage of tests turning out positive for the virus rose in the past week, a think tank said Monday.

Metro Manila's COVID-19 positivity rate or the percentage of tests turning out positive for the virus rose in the past week, a think tank said Monday.

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Metro Manila's COVID-19 positivity rate rises to 6.5 pct - OCTA

Metro Manila's COVID-19 positivity rate rises to 6.5 pct - OCTA