MANILA, Philippines — The OCTA Research on Tuesday tagged six local government units (LGUs) outside Metro Manila as high risk for COVID-19.
The independent research group said the high-risk areas are Davao City, Bacolod, Iloilo City, General Santos, Baguio City, and Tagum.
OCTA Research now uses the risk levels of COVID Act Now that was developed with the Harvard Global Health Institute, Apple, Microsoft, Bloomberg, and organizations.
The risk levels under this system are color coded, with the low risk category tagged as green, medium or moderate as yellow, high as amber, and very high as red.
Four indicators are used in categorizing the risk level per area: infection, or t…
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