OCTA: Laoag City ‘very high risk’ for Covid-19

By John Michael Mugas

LAOAG CITY -- This capital city of Ilocos Norte was tagged by independent research group OCTA as one of the local government units in the country with “very high” Covid-19 infection rates.
    In its monitoring report released July 11, the OCTA Research Group noted Laoag City has a “very high” infection rate at 2.07 percent, followed by Mariveles at 1.83 percent, Lapu-Lapu City at 1.62 percent, and Cebu City at 1.40 percent.
    The group also noted Laoag City’s “very high” incidence rate or average daily attack rate at 40.03 cases per 100,000 population.
    OCTA also noted average daily cases in Laoag City almost doubled from 46 on July 11 to July 17 compared to 25 cases from the previous week.
    The research group, however, observed a low intensive care utilization rate in the city.
    It is in Laoag City where Ilocos Norte’s highest number of active Covid-19 cases were reported at 533 as of July 17, according to data from the provincial government.