The Quezon City government has recognized the public cooperation in its successful campaign to significantly reduce the Covid-19 cases in the last four weeks.

This, after the OCTA Research Group noted that the city’s average of 255 cases per day from February 1 to 7 declined to an average of 113 from February 8 to 14.

“Kasabay nito ay ang pagbaba ng positivity rate na nasa 7.4 percent na lamang mula sa 8.9 percent. (The city’s positivity rate also declined to 7.4 percent from the previous 8.9 percent),” the city government post in social media read.

The city’s reproduction number (RO) also decreased to less than 0.19 from 0.29 the previous week.

“Ang R0 na mas mababa sa 1 ay nangangahulugan na ang bawat kumpirmadong kaso ng Covid-19 ay may maliit na tsansang makapanghawa, o magdulot ng bagong infection (An RO that is lower than one means that every confirmed case of Covid-19 has a lower chance of infecting or causing a new infection),” it said.

As of Wednesday, the city government has only 962 active Covid-19 cases, lower than the 6,282 recorded on February 1.

The QC Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance Unit (CESU) also reported that 256,361 individuals have recovered from the disease, or 98.99 percent of the city’s total infections since the pandemic started in March 2022.

The city’s occupancy rate also significantly dropped to 0.81 percent, or only 11 out of its 1,585 Covid-19 beds are occupied.

Despite the decline in new cases, the city government continues to remind its constituents to still follow the minimum health and safety protocols such as the wearing of face masks, frequent hand washing or sanitizing, and the observance of safe physical distancing. (PNA)