The one-week growth rate of COVID-19 cases in the National Capital Region (NCR) decreased to -1% on Sunday, August 14, independent monitoring group OCTA Research said Monday.
He pointed out that this development may mean that the COVID-19 infections in NCR are beginning to go downward.
In the same tweet on Monday, David said that NCR’s reproduction number — or the number of people infected by one case — also went down to 1.15 on August 11, from 1.21 on August 4. ADAR pertains to the incidence showing the average number of new cases in a period per 100,000 people.
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