NCR COVID-19 positivity rate up slightly at 25.7% — OCTA

The COVID-19 positivity rate in the National Capital Region (NCR) slightly increased last week to 25.7%, data by independent monitoring group OCTA Research on Monday showed.

OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David said that NCR’s positivity rate— or the percentage of people who were found positive for COVID-19 among the total number of individuals tested—was “almost flat” from 25.4% on May 13, to 25.7% on May 20.

“In NCR, it was almost flat from 25.4% to 25.7% suggesting that it may be decreasing this week,” he said in a tweet.

Meanwhile, Isabela’s positivity rate soared to 67.4% from 36.6%, over the same period.

Other provinces also posted high positivity rates such as Bataan, Batangas, Benguet, Bulacan, Cagayan, Camarines Sur, Cavite, La Union, Laguna, Oriental Mindoro, Palawan, Pampanga, Quezon, Rizal, and Zambales.

The Philippines on Sunday registered 1,912 new COVID-19 cases, the first daily tally in four days to go below 2,000.

Seven additional cases of the Omicron subvariant XBB.1.16 or “Arcturus” were detected in the country which brought the total caseload to 11, based on the Department of Health’s (DOH) latest COVID-19 biosurveillance report. — Giselle Ombay/RSJ, GMA Integrated News