Cagayan posts 1,000 Covid cases – OCTA

By Red Mendoza

TUGUEGARAO CITY -- The province of Cagayan has logged in more than 1,000 cases of Covid-19 for the first time since the pandemic began, eclipsing the 537 daily new cases reported in August 20, according to the independent OCTA Research.
    In its August 24 update for the province, it reported 1,066 new cases on August 23, pushing its seven-day average to 387 cases per day during August 17 to 23, or an increase of 42 percent from 273 average daily cases from August 10 to 16.
    The group also noted that the reproduction number in Tuguegarao City is also increasing to 1.79, while the r-naught for the entire province is at 1.67.
    The increasing reproduction number is a sign, according to OCTA, that the seven-day average will continue to increase.
    The province's average daily attack rate (ADAR) is now at 30.08 cases per 100,000 population, which is equivalent to a critical incidence rate, with the highest ADAR reported in Tuguegarao City at 73.34, followed by the towns of Ballesteros at 66.38, Baggao at 32.82, and Solana at 26.63.
    Tuguegarao also reported high hospital bed usage at 85 percent, followed by Ballesteros at 86 percent. Solana and Baggao's hospital utilization rates are unavailable.
    Among the provinces in the Cagayan Valley region, Cagayan's hospital utilization rate is at 84 percent, while its intensive care unit (ICU) utilization is at 86 percent, the highest in the region.
I    sabela also reported high hospital capacity and ICU utilization at 73 percent and 79 percent respectively, while Nueva Vizcaya had 61 percent hospital utilization and 81 percent ICU bed capacity.
    Batanes is the only province in the region currently under low risk, with its average daily attack rate at 0.79 cases per 100,000 population and virtually zero hospital utilization rate and ICU rate.