Like a bad case of deja vu, COVID-19 cases are again on the rise, pushing the positivity rate—or the percentage of people who test positive out of those tested—to more than double the 5-percent threshold set by the World Health Organization to indicate that virus transmission is under control. According to Octa Research fellow Dr. Guido David, the positivity rate as of April 25 in the National Capital Region escalated week-on-week to 12.3 percent from 8.1 percent. This could be due to the presence of the Omicron subvariant XBB 1.

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