MANILA, Philippines — The case fatality rate (CFR) in Metro Manila is only 1.46 percent, the Department of Health (DOH) said Friday, after OCTA Research reported that CFR was 5.4 percent in the past two weeks.
“As of April 15, ang ating (our) case fatality rate sa (in the) NCR is 1.46 percent. We compute the case fatality rate based on the number of deaths from this specific disease, ‘yung (the) COVID-19, over the number of confirmed cases,” Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said in an online press briefing on Friday.
“That is based on our epidemiology concepts,” she added.
The CFR reported by the DOH is significantly lower than OCTA Research’s report of 5.4 percent…
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