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The positivity of the coronavirus that is registered so far in this month in the Dominican Republic shows that October could exceed the months of July, August, and September.

According to data on the coronavirus situation developed by Diario Libre, from the monitoring bulletins published by the Ministry of Public Health, the positivity registered in October is 14.18%.

This percentage exceeds, so far, the months of July (13.10%), August (6.97%), and September (8.65%).

October’s figure would be the highest since June when positivity stood at 19.99%.

The bulletin published on Monday shows an increase in daily positivity since in today’s bulletin, it stands at 17.72%, three percentage points more than in yesterday’s report on Sunday.

Authorities yesterday reported another 996 cases of COVID-19 and three deaths.

Incidence factors

In that sense, the vice president of the Dominican Society of Infectology, David de Luna, explained that it is natural that there are some peaks in infections in several periods of the year because that is the normal epidemiological behavior of respiratory viruses.

However, he indicated that 40% of the population had not been vaccinated until a few weeks ago, which has impacted positivity.

He also pointed out that there is greater mobility of the population due to the elimination of the curfew, leading to an increase in cases.

De Luna said another factor influencing the increase in infections is related to people vaccinated more than six months ago because their immunity is reduced.

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