The seven-day COVID-19 positivity rate in the National Capital Region (NCR) already went below the 10% threshold by the end of 2022, recent data by independent monitoring group OCTA Research showed.
In a tweet, OCTA fellow Dr. Guido David said NCR’s positivity rate — or the percentage of people who were found positive for COVID-19 among the total number of individuals tested — decreased from 11.6% on December 24 to 9.1% on December 31.
Other provinces in Luzon also showed positive developments with their respective positivity rates, like those in Albay, Batangas, Bulacan, Cagayan, Camarines Sur, Cavite, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Kalinga, La Union, Laguna, Mountain Province, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Pangasinan, Quezon, Rizal, Tarlac, and Zambales.However, Bataan and Benguet both recorded an uptick from December 24 to December 31.
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