The Health Agency reports 195 new cases with no additional deaths today May 19, 2022. The NCR accounted for the larger haul with 75 cases.

Two LGUs in NCR had double digit numbers – Quezon City with 17 and the City of Manila with 10 cases. Four LGUs in NCR had zero covid today. They were: Malabon, Navotas, San Juan and Pateros.

Outside of NCR, only the province of Cavite reported double digits with 10 cases.

The 7-day positivity rate is up at 1.1%.

The Health Agency announces 103 new cases and no added deaths today. The NCR owned 45 of the 103 cases for the day, with only Quezon City reporting double digits (10 cases) today. Five LGUs in Mega Manila reported zero covid. They were: Pasig, Las Piñas, Malabon, Navotas and San Juan.

No province reported double digit cases.

The Health Agency announces 110 new cases and took back 6 deaths (yes took back as in -6) and declared these as patients who are alive but were reported dead in today’s report.

The NCR accounted for 54% of today’s numbers, with Quezon City and Makati reporting double digits at 19 and 10 cases, respectively. Four LGUs report zero covid in Mega Manila. They were: Marikina, Malabon, Navotas, and Pateros.

No province outside of NCR had double digit numbers.

Positivity rate is now at 0.9%.

The week of May May 9-15, 2022 saw 1,118 new cases or practically no movement from the previous week (May 2-8, 2022). The 7-day average was at 160 cases/day this week or only 0.3% lower compared to the previous week. There were 16 deaths added to this week (compared to 42 the previous week) and 14 cases this week that were classified as severe or critical (same as the previous week.).

Hospital bed utilization was up at 17.5% for non-ICU bed (vs. 15.7% the previous week), and down at 15.6% (vs 16.8% the previous week). Severe and critical admissions are also down at 588 (compared to 611 the week before).

Vaccination rate is slow this this past week (considering that it covered the election period), which saw only an additional 227,272 additional fully vaccinated individuals and a little less than 166,000 people who received additional booster doses.

The Health Agency announces 160 new cases and 3 added deaths today, May 16, 2022.

The NCR owned 63 (or close to 40%) of today’s cases led by Quezon City with 15 cases. All other LGUs in Mega Manila had single digit numbers and 7 LGUs had zero covid. The latter were: Valenzuela, Mandaluyong, Marikina, Malabon, Navotas, San Juan and Pateros.

Outside of NCR, no province reported double digits today.

The DoH announced 210 new cases, and no added deaths for 05.15.2022. Of the 210 cases, 86 (or 41%) were from NCR.

Three LGUs in NCR reported double digits. They were: Manila 16, and Quezon City and Pasig with 10 apiece. Navotas was the lone LGU that had zero covid.

Outside of NCR, two provinces had double digits. These were: Cavite with 13 and Bulacan, also with 13 cases.

7-day positivity rate remained at 1.1%.

THE WEEK IN REVIEW

The Philippines continued to see a decline in cases as its Rt drops from 0.98 to 0.82 (+/- 0.05) as of 3 days ago. Note that the lowest 7-day average of cases the PH saw was 82 new daily cases on December 24, 2021. This week, the PH closes at 151 average daily COVID19 cases. That’s around 1.32 cases per million population.

Compared to the East Asian countries in the region, Taiwan tops the 7-day average with close to 50,000 cases/day (and is likely to breach higher numbers as their Rt >2.0). Yesterday, Taiwan had close to 70,000 cases in a single day alone. While all other nations are seeing a continued decline in both the Rt and their daily COVID19 cases, it is Singapore that remains to see a slight upswing in number of cases as its Rt is at 1.22. The Philippines ranks third highest Rt in the region but because the Rt is at 0.82, we may see a slight decline in cases (or continue this very slow plateau) in the next week.

We would like to remind everyone that the Health Agency recently reported the presence of B2.12.1 in the country. Japan also reported the presence of B.4 and B.5 during their screening at the borders.

Get vaccinated (we cannot overemphasize that enough) and please maintain minimum health standards.

The Health Agency announces 175 new cases today – half of which belonged to the National Capital Region. There were no added deaths today.

Three LGUs in NCR reported double digits – Manila 17, Quezon City 16 and Parañaque 12. The rest were single digit with four LGUs reporting zero covid. The zero covid were: Valenzuela, Navotas, San Juan and Pateros.

Outside of NCR, only the province of Cavite reported double digits (12).

The 7-day average positivity rate is at 1.1%.

The Health Agency announces 181 new cases with 3 added deaths today, Friday the 13th. More than 43% of today’s cases are from the National Capital Region.

Of the 79 cases in NCR, two LGUs posted double digits – Quezon City 15 and Manila 14. Only one LGU had zero COVID19. This was Pateros.

All other provinces reported single digits today.

The zero COVID19 deaths streak is broken today with the Health Agency reporting 13 deaths. There are 139 new cases added, with NCR owning 48 (35%) of the total.

No province or LGU including every LGU in the NCR reported double digits. All reported single digit numbers or zero covid. In NCR, six LGUs report zero COVID19 cases. They are: Valenzuela, Muntinlupa, Malabon, Navotas, San Juan, and Pateros.

Positivity rate for the 7-day average stands at 1.2%.

The Health Agency announces 109 new cases and for the 7th day in a row had zero deaths. The NCR had 52 (48%) of the cases today.

In Mega Manila, only once LGU announced double digits – Makati City with 10 cases. While the rest had single digit numbers, six LGUs reported zero covid. They were: Valenzuela, Muntinlupa, Marikina, Malabon, Navotas and Pateros.

No province had double digits today.

The 7-day positivity rate is up at 1.2%. Note that the data for today is based on Monday, May 9 when the country held its national election. The numbers are expectedly low.

The Health Agency announces 127 new cases and for the 6th consecutive day, 0 deaths. The other good news is that the 7-day positivity rate drops to 1.0% (and hopefully stays that way or drops to <1.0%).

The NCR owned 41 (3%) of today’s numbers with only Quezon City reporting double digits with 11 cases. Five LGUs reported zero covid in Mega Manila. They were: Pasig, Valenzuela, Mandaluyong, Malabon and San Juan.

No province outside of NCR had double digit numbers today.