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COVID-19 positivity rates shoot up in South Cotabato, Misamis Oriental – monitor

'NEGLIGIBLE DECREASE' IN METRO MANILA FROM FEBRUARY 18-25
By: - Reporter / @BPinlacINQ
/ 09:29 AM February 27, 2023

COVID-19 positivity rates soar in South Cotabato and Misamis Oriental from February 18-25 while it had a “negligible decrease” in Metro Manila.

This image, provided by the National Institute of Health on Feb. 27 and taken with a scanning electron microscope, shows the SARS-CoV-2 (yellow) virus emerging from the surface of cells (blue/pink) cultured in a lab. (AFP/National Institutes of Health/Handout)

MANILA, Philippines —  COVID-19 positivity rates soared in South Cotabato and Misamis Oriental from February 18-25, according to Octa Research Group, while it had a “negligible decrease” in Metro Manila during the same period.

Guido David, a fellow of the independent pandemic monitor, said in a tweet on Monday that the coronavirus positivity rate in South Cotabato and Misamis Oriental significantly increased from 2.8 to 13 percent and 4.3 to 6.5 percent, respectively, and that Metro Manila’s went down from  1.7 to 1.6 percent.

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He further noted that COVID-19 positivity rates likewise rose in the following provinces :

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  • Batangas – 0.7 to 1.5 percent
  • Bulacan – 0.7 to 1.3 percent
  • Cavite – 1.4 to 2.1 percent
  • Davao del Sur – 3.9 to 4.2 percent
  • Iloilo – 1 to 1.1 percent
  • Pampanga – 0.7 to 1.5 percent
  • Pangasinan – 0.9 to 1.1 percent

He also said the coronavirus positivity rates dropped in Cebu and Negros Occidental from 1.4 to 0.8 percent and 1.8 to 0.8 percent, respectively.

As for Laguna province, Guido said the COVID-19 positivity rate still stood at 1.1 percent.

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On Sunday, February 26, the Department of Health said 117 more people in the country contracted COVID-19, bringing the total active infections to 9,327 nationwide.

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According to David, around 100 to 150 newly recorded coronavirus cases are expected this Monday.

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