OCTA Research observed a 1.2 percent increase in the Covid-19 positivity rate in the National Capital Region (NCR) in the past week — from 12.1 percent on September 2 to 13.3 percent on September 9.
OCTA Research observed a 1.2 percent increase in the Covid-19 positivity rate in the National Capital Region in the past week — from 12.1 percent on September 2 to 13.3 percent on September 9.An average of 10,247 RT-PCR tests were taken per day.Similarly, the reproduction number also rose from 0.
93 on August 31 to 1.11 on September 7.'The reproduction number has increased to greater than 1, which means [Covid-19] infections are increasing,' OCTA Research Fellow Dr. Guido David said in a tweet on Sunday.He advised the the elderly and those with comorbidities to take extra precautions to avoid infection.
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