The COVID-19 reproduction number in the National Capital Region — which is now tagged as 'moderate risk' — has further gone down to 0.50, the OCTA Research Group says
The COVID-19 reproduction number in the National Capital Region — which is now tagged as"moderate risk" — has further gone down to 0.50, according to the OCTA Research.The reproduction number refers to the average number of people a COVID-positive individual can infect. A rate below 1 indicates the virus transmission is slowing down.
"The downward trend has slowed in the past four days, but new cases [are] still tracking below Jan. 20 projections," heThe seven-day positivity rate also decreased to 21%, David added. But he noted that"it is not yet clear at this time if the slowing of the trend is real or artificial.
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