The COVID-19 positivity rate in the National Capital Region (NCR) went down to 7.8%, according to independent group OCTA research on Wednesday.
In a tweet, OCTA research fellow Dr. Guido David said the seven-day positivity rate in the NCR dropped to 7.8% as of November 7 from 9.5% on October 31.
The positivity rate refers to the percentage of people who were found positive for COVID-19 among the total number of individuals tested. David said the average daily attack rate in the region was 1.54 per 100,000 population as of November 8, with a one week growth rate of -29%.Meanwhile, the reproduction number in the NCR also remained low at 0.75 as of November 5, according to David.
Reproduction rate refers to the number of people infected by one case. A reproduction number that is below 1 indicates that the transmission of the virus is slowing down.“The current trends, if they continue, could lead to less than 5% positivity rate and about 100 new cases per day in the NCR by end of November,” he added.after three days straight of more than 1,000 new cases a day, bringing the nationwide tally to 4,011,625.
The tally of active cases also went down to 16,034, the lowest total since July 13, when 14,862 active infections were reported.
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