OCTA: Metro Manila COVID-19 cases on downward trajectory; pattern 'becoming true'

City health officials of Biñan, Laguna inoculate residents at the Alonte Sports Arena on Friday, Jan. 14, 2022. Many of the new recipients are workers getting the shot for the first time as the DOTr was about to implement the "no vaccine, no ride" policy in Metro Manila.

The STAR / Geremy Pintolo

MANILA, Philippines — The National Capital Region's new COVID-19 cases are on a downward trajectory in recent days with the recent decreasing pattern "becoming true," independent pandemic monitor OCTA Research said. 

Per the Department of Health's daily case bulletin, of the 22,958 additional COVID-19 infections recorded Wednesday, 8,376 were from the National Capital Region. Six testing laboratories did not submit data to the DOH.

According to OCTA Research, Metro Manila's reproduction rate — or the number of people one positive COVID-19 case can infect on average — declined to just 1.79 from up to 4.24 throughout last week. 

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