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Octa: Quezon City now ‘very low risk’ for Covid-19

Laureen Mondoñedo-Ynot

QUEZON City is now classified as “very low risk” for coronavirus transmission, with just an average of 25 new Covid-19 cases in the last seven days, Octa Research said Thursday, March 17, 2022.

Octa Research fellow Dr. Guido David said in a Twitter post that Quezon City’s average daily attack rate (Adar) is now at 0.79 per 100,000 people per day.

“Quezon City has been averaging just 25 new Covid-19 cases per day over the past week from March 10 to 16, 2022. This is equivalent to an Adar (average daily attack rate) of just 0.79 per 100,000 people per day, putting Quezon City in the very low risk category,” he said.

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