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Metro Manila’s daily COVID-19 growth rate dips to -4% – Octa fellow

By: - Reporter / @zacariansINQ
/ 09:34 PM January 17, 2022

MANILA, Philippines — The COVID-19 growth rate in Metro Manila dropped further to -4 percent, according to an Octa Research fellow on Twitter Monday.

Dr. Guido David noted that it was the lowest number since Jan. 6 after Metro Manila recently recorded 13,536 new cases of COVID-19.

“The daily growth rate decreased to -4%, i.e. there is now a day to day decrease of 4% (based on the 7-day moving average),” said David.

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Meanwhile, the reproduction number also went down to 2.37 from Sunday’s 3.0.

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While the number has fallen, David said these trends should still be closely monitored over the next week, as there may still be a backlog of reports.

NCR’s daily COVID-19 growth rate dips to -4% – Octa fellow

The figures have fallen, but Dr. Guido David says we should still closely monitor them over the next week as there could be a backlog of reports. Screengrab/Pandesal Forum-Kamuning Bakery Cafe Facebook Live

“In the meantime, we need to continue best practices in order to bring cases down further,” said David.

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Earlier, the Department of Health reported 37,070 new infections, bringing total active cases to 290,938.

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