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The President Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Hospital in Zambales’ capital town of Iba serves as the main COVID-19 facility in the province. (File photo by Joanna Rose Aglibot)<\/p><\/div>\n

SAN ANTONIO, Zambales \u2014 The COVID-19 positivity percentage in this province continued to drop as the weekly rate went down to 17.7 percent, according to pandemic monitor Octa Research on Monday, August 29.<\/p>\n

Department of Health data showed that the weekly positivity rate in Zambales decreased by a percent as of Aug. 27, from 18.7 percent on Aug. 20, Octa said.<\/p>\n

From July 30 to Aug. 6, OCTA said the COVID-19 positive rate in Zambales was “very high” after it soared above 20 percent. It has gone down since then.<\/p>\n

The positivity rate is the percentage of tests turning out positive.<\/p>\n

As of Sunday, the number of COVID-19 cases stood at 47. It has remained below 50 cases since Aug. 25.<\/p>\n

Since the pandemic struck in 2020, the province has recorded 12,256 infections with 11,500 recoveries and 709 deaths. INQ<\/p>\n

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