Florida: Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 may be spreading in the state

Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 may be spreading in Florida A new omicron subvariant of COVID-19 may be making its way into Florida. Some Palm Beach County doctors said they are seeing an uptick in positive cases and think it could be XBB.1.5. Tory Dunnan WPTV News Channel 5 West Palm

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The latest weekly COVID report for the state of Florida shows the first-time positivity rate in Palm Beach County at 19%, up from 15% three weeks ago. In Martin County, the positivity-rate is 13.3%, up from 10.6%.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention transmission levels show Indian River County is the only county in South Florida that is in low transmission.

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