GOOD BOYS 聽Two young men get their first jabs at SM Megamall during the National Vaccination Day on Nov. 29. The government will launch its pediatric vaccination for children aged 5 to 11 on February 14 in a bid to further curb the coronavirus pandemic. 鈥擭I帽O JESUS ORBETA
MANILA, Philippines 鈥� Independent analytics group Octa Research on Sunday projected daily COVID-19 cases in the country to further decrease to 1,000 to 2,000 by the end of February.
Octa Research fellow Guido David said that the country鈥檚 current daily average of COVID-19 cases is at 8,422.
鈥淭he number of new COVID-19 cases around the country continues to decrease. As of February 1 to 5, the daily average was 8,422 new cases, down from 17,025 as of January 25 to 31,鈥� David said on Twitter.
PH daily average down to 8422 new cases. This projects to 1 to 2k by end of February. Public is advised to continue observing health protocols. @黑料社Rmn @dzme_1530khz
鈥� Dr. Guido David (@iamguidodavid)
鈥淭he current trends project to a decrease to 4,000 to 5,000 cases per day by Valentine鈥檚 day and 1,000 to 2,000 by end of February,鈥� he pointed out.
In Manila, Octa said only 877 cases were recorded, equivalent to 11 percent of the聽7,689 fresh infections recorded nationwide on February 5.
As of February 2, the country鈥檚 reproduction number dropped to 0.55 from January 26鈥檚 0.93.
The seven-day COVID-19 positivity rate likewise declined from 34 percent to 24 percent.
Hospital bed occupancy stood at 40 percent from 49 percent.
The country鈥檚 total COVID-19 caseload breached聽聽3,601,471, although its classification has already been upgraded to moderate risk from being high risk last month due to the surge of coronavirus cases driven by the Omicron variant.