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.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.
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