The country is now under critical-risk case classification as well as Metro Manila and two other regions for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the highest risk assessment, the Department of Health (DOH) said Monday night, Jan. 10.
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said during the President’s late night public address that the country has a critical-risk two-week growth rate at 3663 percent and an average daily attack rate of 10.47 per 100,000 population. Duque also bared that the country’s current seven-day average daily cases is at 20,481 from Jan. 4 to Jan. 10, an increase of 690 percent. From Dec. 28 to Jan. 3, the seven-day average daily cases was only at 2,593 but this was a jump of 726 percent from Dec. 21 to Dec. 27’s seven-day average daily cases of only 314. Duque said that Metro Manila shared most of the caseload. Meanwhile, the National Capital (NCR) has a critical-risk two-week growth rate at 7172 percent and an average daily attack rate of 51.77 per 100,000 population. Region 4-A as well as Region 3 is also at critical-risk case classification with positive two week growth rates and an average daily attack rate of more than seven per 100,000 population.
