An Oct. 20 OCTA Research Monitoring report identified Mandaluyong and Makati as cities that need “attention” on highest COVID-19 cases per day, hospital occupancy rate as well as attack rate. ADVERTISEMENTAccording to researchers’ analysis, Makati is number one high-risk because it reported 59 new COVID-19 cases per day with an attack rate of 10 percent. The attack rate measures the number of virus cases over the total population in a specific area. Meanwhile, Mandaluyong ranked third with 34 new cases daily and an attack rate of eight percent. Mandaluyong has a 2 week growth rate of -39.09 % & 4.86 % average daily attack rate,” Mandaluyong Mayor Menchie Abalos said in a separate text message in response to Mandaluyong’s third place in high-risk areas for COVID-19 infection.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer October 21, 2020 09:33 UTC