The year isn't really starting on the right footing. With cases rising exponentially, the Health Agency announces 10,775 new cases based on 44,643 tested with an astounding 31.7% positivity. This trajectory of positivity and new cases are mostly concentrated in the National Capital Region for now. The active cases now are almost 40,000 with 85% of these being mildly ill. It will be awhile before we see any plateauing as the positivity rate is rising by >5% daily.

There are 58 added deaths today.

Hospital utilization is markedly up at 45% while ICU utilization also is up at 37% in the National Capital Region. A few more days with this exponential rise and we would be eventually filling up the healthcare capacity.