:format(jpeg):focal(2445x1515:2455x1505)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gfrmedia/OKTA6YVUX5EPXKUK3NSJVCBMNM.jpg "The positivity rate for COVID-19 stands at 9.79%")
The Health Department reported this Wednesday in its noon update that the positivity rate of the COVID-19 it is at 9.79%, the highest percentage since February 14, when it stood at 9.04%.
Earlier, the agency indicated in a tweet that the preliminary positivity amounted to 10.3%. A similar percentage had not been reported on the island since last February 11, when 10.29% was reported, according to the BioPortal of Health data.
The doctor rafael irizarryprofessor of biostatistics at Harvard University, told the The new day that this new upturn that is going through Puerto Rico is similar to what happened on the same date last yearwhen the incidence of the virus increased and then exacerbated after Easter.
In addition, the increase in infections occurs at a time when the BA.2 sublineage of the omicron variant is circulating on the island. Although the specific effects of this subvariant are unknown, the medical community pointed out that it could be more contagious than the mutations of the virus that had already been experienced on the island.
