OCTA: Actual cases in NCR less than double official DOH numbers

Health workers conduct house-to-house antigen testing for residents of West Rembo in Makati City on Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022. The activity is part of COVID-19 response program of the office of the Vice President Leni Robredo. DOH Epidemiology Bureau director Dr. Alethea de Guzman, said 15 areas in Metro Manila already have cases of the highly transmissible Omicron coronavirus variant

The STAR / Michael Varcas

MANILA, Philippines — The actual number of coronavirus cases in Metro Manila could be "less than twice" the official number reported by the Department of Health, independent pandemic monitor OCTA Research said Monday. 

In a tweet Monday afternoon, OCTA Research fellow Guido David said that this was because the 343 random antigen tests conducted by the Department of Transportation on Wednesday and Thursday yielded a positivity rate of 0.6%. 

According to the latest figures published by the DOTr, none of the 160 cases on Thursday came out positive, while just two of the 183 the day before were of COVID-19 cases.

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