OCTA: NCR COVID-19 positivity rate increases to 19%

The seven-day COVID-19 positivity rate in the National Capital Region (NCR) slightly rose to 19% from the previous 18.7%, independent monitoring group OCTA Research said Wednesday. 

OCTA fellow Dr. Guido David reported that NCR’s positivity rate increased from 18.7% on September 26, to 19% on October 3.

This was however a bit lower than the 19.1% positivity rate recorded on October 2.

Positivity rate refers to the percentage of people who were found positive for COVID-19 among the total number of individuals tested. 

NCR was the region with the most COVID-19 cases in the recent two weeks with 13,559 infections, according to the Department of Health (DOH).

The whole country, meanwhile, recorded 1,347 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, with the active tally going down to 26,792 from 28,111 on Monday. —Giselle Ombay/KBK, GMA News