The Health Agency announces 1009 new cases with 8.7% positivity (reset as today is Monday) with 18 added deaths.

The haul today continued to come from the provinces with Cebu leading with 90 cases followed by Cavite 68, Davao del Sur 60, Benguet 58 (39 from Baguio City), Iloilo 44, Laguna 42, Nueva Vizcaya 36, Rizal 34, and Bukidnon 30.

NCR continued to see lower cases with 229 (22%) of the share today. This was led by Quezon City 54. Six other LGUs had low double digits: Manila 35, Makati 23, Pasig 20, Las Piñas and Pasay City 19 each and Parañaque 10.

The week in review showed a 43% increase in cases for the week November 7-13, 2022 compared to the previous week of October 31 – November 6. Again, the 4-days long weekend in the previous week added to the lower cases (that were already low from the get go due to under testing and under reporting). The 7-day average of the Philippines is up at 1,296 daily cases compared to the 900+ daily cases the previous week.

Healthcare utilization is stable with non-ICU bed utilization at 25.8% and ICU bed utilization at 21.3%. Severe and critical admissions have no significant change with 613 cases. There were 113 deaths added the past week, with 41 of them occurring in the last two weeks.

The Health Agency announces 1858 new cases with 6 added deaths and 10.4% positivity rate. NCR owned only 18.8% of the day’s cases as the provinces take a big hit in the reported cases today (some of which may actually be late reports but are being reported only today).

In the lead in the provinces is Cebu with 120 cases followed by Cavite 87, Davao del Sur 84, Rizal 72, Iloilo 66, Laguna 65, Negros Occidental 59, Nueva Vizcaya 52 (including the City of Santiago) Cagayan province 48, Bulacan 41, Baguio City 40, Pangasinan 37, Batangas 36, Tarlac 33, and South Cotabato 31. Many provinces have double digit figures today.

THE GLOBAL DATA AS OF 06 NOVEMBER 2022 (NOV. 9, ED. 117 PUBLICATION, WHO)

The world continued to see a drop of cases by 15% on the week of October 31 to November 6, 2022 compared to the previous week. There were only 2.1 M cases reported globally compared to the >2.3M cases the week prior. Again, the true number of incident cases is an underestimation due to the decline in global testing. The number of new weekly deaths also continued to decline, this week by 10%, with 9400 deaths reported.

At the regional level, newly reported weekly cases were up in South East Asia Region (+28%) and the Western Pacific Region (+10%). This correlated with the number of deaths as there was increase in deaths in the South East Asia Region (+535% mainly due to batch reporting from India) and the Western Pacific Region (+8%).

At the country level, the highest number of new weekly cases were reported from Japan (+42%), South Korea (+24%), the USA (+5%). The highest number of weekly deaths came from the United States, India (again due to batch reporting), China, Russia and France.

Reproduction rates in the East Asia region was up (Rt>1.0) in South Korea, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia and China. The Philippines continued to hold its reproduction number at 0.83 (+/-0.05) indicating flat or no changes. The week prior, the lower numbers in the Philippines was due to the 4-day long weekend where testing is hardly done during the long holidays. Like the global trend, cases of COVID-19 in the Philippine are under reported and under estimated. The positivity rate of the Philippines remains more than 10% at 10.6% as of November 12, 2022.

The Health Agency announces 1232 new cases with 10.6% positivity rate and 27 added deaths today. The NCR owned 25% of the day’s cases with 13 LGUs posting double digits but only Quezon City owning 72 cases (23%) in the tiny region. All other LGUs had low double digits: Manila 33, Taguig 27, Makati and Marikina 25 each, Pasig and Caloocan 20 each, Pasay City 17, Parañaque 16, Muntinlupa 15, Valenzuela 13, Mandaluyong and San Juan 11 each. Navotas was the only LGU that had ZERO COVID today.

Outside NCR, Negros Occidental led the haul with 77 cases, followed by Cebu with 66, Iloilo 60, Laguna 45, Davao del Sur 44, Baguio City 40, Cavite 39, Pangasinan 31 and Cagayan 30.

The Health Agency announces 1227 new cases with 33 added deaths and a positivity rate of 10.5% today. NCR owned 22.6% of the case load as the provinces continued to bring in the haul of numbers.

Cavite took the lead with 74 cases followed by Cebu 68, Davao del Sur 63, Baguio City 60, Iloilo 58, Laguna 49, Bulacan 42, and La Union 33. However, many provinces had double digit figures less than 30 cases today.

In NCR, Quezon City continued to lead with 67 cases. Double digits came fro Manila 40, Makati 27, Taguig 19, Pasig 17, Caloocan 16, Marikina 15, Parañaque 14, Pasay City 13 and Las Piñas 12.

The Health Agency announces 1267 new cases with 10.2% positivity rate and 7 added deaths today. The haul continued to be seen in the Visayas and Mindanao, with Cebu leading with 84 cases and Davao del Sur with 74.

Other provinces with more than 30 cases were: Cavite 57, Laguna 51, Bulacan 37, Iloilo 41, Negros Occidental 42, and Baguio City 33.

Higher cases were seen in Capiz 16, Bohol 13, Cagayan 26, Pangasinan 24, Bukidnon 22, Cagayan de Oro 19, Camarines Sur 17 and Misamis Oriental 15.

In NCR, Quezon City led with 53 cases followed by Muntinlupa with 37 and Manila with 30. LGUs with less than 30 cases but had double digit numbers were; Pasig 27, Taguig 26, Makati 23, Caloocan 16, and Las Piñas and Mandaluyong 11 each.

The Health Agency announces 1241 new cases with 25% belonging to NCR. There were 24 added deaths with a 9.9% positivity rate.

The numbers today were led by Cebu with 88 cases followed by Iloilo and Negros Occidental with 73 each. Provinces with more than 30 cases were: Cavite 54, Laguna 45, Rizal 32, and Bulacan 30.

In NCR, Quezon City reported 61 cases, followed by Manila 39, Pasig 27, Parañaque 25, Taguig, Las Piñas and Marikina with 23 each, Makati 16, Muntinlupa 15, Caloocan and Mandaluyong 14 each and Pasay City 11.

We should be seeing four digits up to the weekend.

The Health Agency announces 694 new cases with 7 added deaths on a truly low Tuesday as positivity rate drops to 9.3%. NCR owned 164 cases today.

Topping the haul today was the province of Cavite with 44 cases followed by Iloilo 43, Baguio City 40, Cebu 37, La Union 25, Davao del Sur 24, Laguna and Bulacan 23 each, and Pangasinan and Rizal 20 each.

In NCR, Quezon City led with 40 cases with only 4 other LGUs reporting low double digits: Manila 24, Parañaque 19, Makati 19 and Caloocan City 12.

The week of October 31 to November 6, 2022 saw a large decline in the number of cases, in spite of the 7-day 11.1% positivity rate average. The 30% drop (compared to the week of October 24-30) saw a 7-day average of 907 cases due to lesser testing due to the 4-day long weekend.

The deaths, however, remained high at 243 with 28 deaths considered ‘fresh’.

Healthcare utilization was lower with non ICU bed at 24.3% and ICU bed at 20.6% nationally.

The Health Agency announces 1553 new cases with positivity reset today and is at 9.8%. There were 17 added deaths. NCR owned 342 cases.

As the long weekends are over, the artificial decline in cases also comes to an end. While the cases in NCR are up, only Quezon City reported 88 cases while 11 other LGUs reported less than 50 cases: Manila 44, Parañaque 30, Makati and Taguig 27 each, Caloocan and Muntinlupa 18 each, Valenzuela 17, Pasay City and Las Piñas 16 each, Marikina 13 and Pasig 11.

The provinces raked in the numbers today, led by Davao del Sur with 165 cases, Cebu 96, Iloilo 82, Negros Occidental 67, Laguna 64, Tarlac 37, Rizal and Nueva Vizcaya 34.

The Health Agency announces 1010 new cases with 34 added deaths and 11.1% positivity rate. NCR owned less than 20% of the day’s cases with Iloilo leading with 61 cases followed by Cebu with 60, Baguio City 59, and Davao del Sur with 56. Other provinces with 20 but less than 50 cases were: Cavite 37, Laguna 33, Pangasinan 24, Kalinga 21, Bulacan 33, and Negros Occidental 21.

In NCR, the most cases came from Quezon City with 35. Nine other LGUs had low double digits: Manila 25, Pasig 19, Taguig, Parañaque and Las Piñas with 16 each, Makati 15, Marikina 13 and Pasay and Mandaluyong with 11 each.

THE GLOBAL DATA AS OF 30 OCTOBER 2022 (NOVEMBER 2, ED. 116 PUBLICATION, WHO)

The number of new weekly cases continued to decline, with a decrease of 17% for the week October 24-30, 2022 versus the previous week with > 2.3M reported new cases. The real number of incident cases are underestimated due to a decline in global testing. New weekly deaths also continued to decrease by 5% compared to the previous week, but has remained consistently the same in the Philippines week on week, in spite of the decreasing number of cases.

On a regional level, only the Region of the Americas and the Western Pacific Region saw an increase (+5%) in number of cases, with the rest of the world seeing a large decline, especially in the African (-39%) and European (-34%) region. Number of deaths have increased in the African Region (+155%), Americas (+23%), South East Asian Region (+13%) and Western Pacific Region (+7%). Note that the Philippines belongs to the Western Pacific Region.

At the country level, highest new weekly case were from Germany, Japan, USA, China and Republic of Korea. Highest number of weekly deaths were from the US, Russia, Italy, Brazil and China.

The reproduction rate in the Philippines continued its decline to 0.83 (+/- 0.05), but must be sustained to <0.5 for four consecutive weeks with a positivity rate that is <5% to indicate that the country has truly lower cases. With the positivity rate still at 11.2%, the cases being reported daily are not reflective of the real number of cases in the country due to under testing, and hence, under reporting.

More realistic numbers as the numbers from the 4-day long weekend has ended.

The Health Agency reports 1229 new cases with 11.2% positivity rate and 39 added deaths. While NCR owned 322 cases, it was the provinces that brought in the bulk of numbers today (either up-to-date or late reports added).

Leading the provincial haul was Davao del Sur with 79 cases, followed by Cavite with 73 and Iloilo with 65. Double digits were seen in Cebu 58, Laguna 38, Negros Occidental 36, Rizal 34, Benguet 24, Agusan del Sur 23, Batangas 22, Negros Oriental 21, and Baguio City 20. Fourteen provinces reported double digits with more than 10 cases but less than 20.

In NCR, Quezon City led the numbers with 69 cases followed by Manila 49, Pasig 32, Makati 31, Taguig 26, Parañaque 19, Las Piñas 17, Mandaluyong 15, Muntinlupa 14, Valenzuela and Caloocan 13 and Pasay City 11. Navotas and Pateros had zero cases.