OCTA: Lucena City now at 'very low risk' for COVID-19

Lucena City, Quezon is now classified as being at “very low risk” for COVID-19 due to improved data, independent monitoring group OCTA Research said on Sunday.

In a tweet, OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David showed that as of Saturday, Lucena has a “very low” average daily attack rate (ADAR) of 0.79 and positivity rate of 3%.

As of 2.19.22. Lucena at very low risk. NCR, Angeles, Bacolod, Dagupan, Lapu Lapu, Olongapo, Tacloban at low risk. Iloilo City, other HUCs at moderate risk. Cases continue to decrease but let's still practice safety measures @dzbb @DZAR1026 @allangatus @News5PH @dzrhnews @dwiz882 pic.twitter.com/Ffi8xeooJd

— Dr. Guido David (@iamguidodavid) February 20, 2022

ADAR refers to the daily average number of new cases per 100,000 people.

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

According to the World Health Organization, there is a high transmission rate of the virus at 5% or higher.

Lucena also recorded a 0.13 reproduction rate and healthcare utilization rate (HCUR) of 15%.

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.

Meanwhile, OCTA noted that the National Capital Region (NCR) remains at “low risk” for COVID-19 with an ADAR of 3.19 – an improvement from the 3.36 recorded on Friday, February 18.

NCR’s positivity rate remains at 6%, but it’s HCUR slightly decreased from 26% to 25%. It’s reproduction rate also remained at 0.20.

Aside from NCR, other cities under the low risk category are Angeles, Bacolod, Dagupan, Lapu Lapu, Olongapo, and Tacloban.

The Philippines on Saturday logged another lowest daily COVID-19 tally this year with 1,923 COVID-19 cases, increasing the nationwide tally to 3,650,748. —LBG, GMA News