Octa Research fellow Dr. Guido David said these areas have negative growth rates in new cases, ranging from -10 percent to -63 percent.
According to the latest data from the Department of Health (DOH), the average daily number of new cases per 100,000 individuals in Davao del Sur, which includes Davao City, is 0.72, while in Davao Occidental, it was 0.70, and 0.44 in Davao Oriental.
Davao del Sur’s reproduction rate, or the number of individuals a case could infect, is 0.18; Davao Occidental, 0.22; and Davao Oriental’s, 0.14.
The healthcare utilization rate (HCUR) in Davao del Sur is 24 percent; in Davao Occidental, 25 percent; and in Davao Oriental, 15 percent.
Davao de Oro and Davao del Norte are classified as low risk for Covid-19.
Davao de Oro’s growth rate is -55 percent, while Davao del Norte’s is -46 percent.
The HCUR in Davao de Oro is -49 percent and -36 percent in Davao del Norte.
All provinces in the region, except Davao City, still remain under Alert Level 2.
Davao City, on the other hand, currently enjoys the less strict Alert Level 1.
Alert level status in these areas is until March 15.
Meanwhile, the entire Davao region only recorded 20 new cases out of the 808 number of specimens tested on March 9, bringing the active cases to 640.
Positivity rate is at 2.5 percent. This is lower to the five percent threshold set by DOH to say that the Covid-19 cases in a certain area are manageable.
