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Metro Manila Covid positivity rate drops

THE positivity rate or the number of people testing positive for Covid-19 in the National Capital Region (NCR) further dropped to 2.4 percent as of January 21, OCTA Research group fellow Dr. Guido David said Monday.

David said the region’s positivity rate was 3.7 percent on January 14.

“No province in Luzon had an increase in positivity rate. Many provinces have low positivity rate, less than 5 percent,” he said on Twitter.

These provinces include Albay with 3.5 percent; Bataan, 2.5 percent; Batangas, 4 percent; Benguet, 2.5 percent; Bulacan, 2 percent; Cagayan, 4.5 percent; Cavite, 1.8 percent; Ilocos Norte, 2.9 percent; La Union, 2.2 percent; Laguna, 2.8 percent; Nueva Ecija, 3.1 percent; Pampanga, 3.4 percent; Pangasinan, 1.4 percent; Quezon, 2.2 percent; and Zambales, 4.3 percent.

Meanwhile, Isabela’s positivity rate significantly decreased to 10.7 percent from last week’s 50.2 percent.

As for Oriental Mindoro, its positivity rate dropped to 9.1 percent from last week’s 20.5 percent.

As of January 22, the five areas with the most number of cases were NCR with 104 cases; Negros Occidental and the provinces of Rizal with 23; Davao del Sur with 22; Iloilo with 19; Cavite with 13; and Palawan with 12.

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