COVID-19 positivity rate may breach April 2021 levels in coming days — OCTAFilipino shoppers flock to Quiapo in Manila City on Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021 to purchase round fruits and other goods in preparation for New Year's Day celebrations. The 14.8 percent positivity rate breached the benchmark of 5 percent set by the World Health Organization for opening economies, prompting the Palace to place the NCR under Alert Level 3 from January 3 to 15. "I expect lower numbers, less than 2,000 per day, for January 2 to 3, based on lower testing volume...The peak positivity rate in the NCR was 30% on April 2, 2021. Of the total cases, 2,530 were tallied in the National Capital Region. Cavite, Rizal and Bulacan followed the capital region with 259, 163 and 114 new cases on Saturday afternoon.

Source: Philippine Star January 02, 2022 22:57 UTC