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One day after hitting 6.55% daily positivity rate, Cebu City’s DPR back in double digits on February 16

CEBU City’s positivity rate hit double digits again on Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at 10.64 percent, a day after recording a 6.55 percent positivity rate Tuesday.


The numbers provided by the City Emergency Operations Center (EOC) on Thursday, February 17 show a seesaw in Cebu City’s daily positivity rate in the past three days.


After the EOC reported a 8.58 percent positivity rate on Sunday, February 13, it climbed back to 10.35 percent on Monday, Feb. 14. Then, the positivity rate sharply fell to 6.55 percent on Tuesday, Feb 15.


Cebu City logged its record-high 56.62 percent positivity rate last January 21.


Tuesday’s positivity rate was near the five percent five percent threshold set by the World Health Organization. Having a positivity rate of less than five percent for the last two weeks is one of the indicators that coronavirus disease (Covid-19) infection is under control.


Positivity rate is the percentage of people who test positive for the virus of those overall who have been tested.


Of the 818 tested on February 16, 87 came out positive for Covid-19 for a positivity rate of 10.64 percent.


The EOC reported 190 recoveries and one new fatality, bringing the total number of fatalities to 36. / KAL

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First published by SunStar Cebu: https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1921232/cebu/local-news/one-day-after-hitting-655-daily-positivity-rate-cebu-citys-dpr-back-in-double-digits-on-february-16


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