South Africa’s coronavirus test positivity rate climbed to the highest in more than three months, indicating that the number of undetected infections may be rising.
Of those tested for the virus on Wednesday 13.4%, or 2,846 cases, were found to be infected, the highest proportion since Jan. 13, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases said in a statement. The rate has increased for four straight days.
With many cases of the virus going undiagnosed, the positivity rate is seen as an indication of how fast the disease is spreading. South Africa, along with neighboring Botswana, identified the highly infectious omicron variant in November. It was the first country to suffer a surge of infections because of the new variant, with daily records occurring in December.
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