Philippines Posts Highest Covid Positivity Rate as Cases Spike
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Nearly one in three persons checked for Covid-19 in the Philippines tested positive, as daily infections increased about twelve times in a week possibly due to the omicron variant.
The positivity rate for coronavirus tests rose to 31.7% on Wednesday, beating a previous record of 29.7% during a delta variant surge in September, according to data from the health department. Confirmed daily infections surged to 10,775, compared with 889 a week ago.