MANILA, Philippines — The number of COVID-19 cases in Metro Manila rose by “just 3%” in the past week, the OCTA Research team said Wednesday.
In its latest report, the group said Metro Manila recorded a daily average of 5,146 COVID-19 cases between March 31 and April 6, putting the one-week growth rate to 3%.
However, during the same period, Metro Manila was averaging 24,000 tests per day, which is 17% lower than the previous week’s average.
“This means that we are not seeing the complete picture with respect to growth rate and trends, and once late data comes in this week, there will be some corrections in the findings,” the group said.
OCTA also noted that the reproductio…
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