An ecstatic Mayor Oscar Moreno reported on July 18 that Cagayan de Oro City sits on a “very comfortable level” as the city scored 11.43% critical care utilization rate (CCUR) and 14.48% case doubling time based on Feasibility Analysis of Syndromic Surveillance using Spatio-Temporal Epidemiological Modeler or FASSSTER Philippines for the period July 8-16, 2020.

The threshold of CCUR is at 30% while the critical level of case doubling time is at 7%.

The lower CCUR and the higher case doubling time means better for the city in handling Covid-19 pandemic.

FASSSTER Philippines is an evidence-based, web-based forecasts of possible cases and scenarios on the spread of COVID-19 in the country.