OCTA: Actual cases in NCR less than double official DOH numbersHealth workers conduct house-to-house antigen testing for residents of West Rembo in Makati City on Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022. Based on DOH data, the total number of new reported cases in the NCR from January 20 to 29 was about 46,000," David said. "This means that the actual number of cases, which include asymptomatic and symptomatic cases not tested, and those tested with antigen but not reported, could be 1.8 times higher than the official numbers reported by DOH, with a 5% error margin." Actual cases in the NCR could be less than twice the official reported numbers of DOH, based on DOTr random antigen testing on January 26 - 27. Note that on Jan 13, the estimate was about 10 times higher than reported numbers.

Source: Philippine Star February 01, 2022 00:46 UTC