MANILA, Philippines — New COVID-19 cases per day in the National Capital Region (NCR) have dropped by an average of 25 percent over the past week, the OCTA Research group reported Friday.
According to OCTA, the average daily cases in the NCR dropped to 1,299 from May 14 to May 20, a 25-percent decline from the previous week.
Meanwhile, the reproduction number in NCR was at 0.54, also lower than the 0.57 reproduction rate recorded from the previous week.
OCTA also noted that nine NCR local government units (LGUs) were classified as moderate risk as of May 14 to 20. These are Navotas, Malabon, Caloocan, Manila, Pasay, Muntinlupa, Taguig, Valenzuela and Quezon City….
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