The monkeypox virus continues to spread slowly across the island with Jamaica recording one additional case last week.

According to the weekly monkeypox report by the Ministry of Health and Wellness, a total of three lab tests were done that resulted in two negative tests and one positive.

This brings the total number of cases on the island to 13 with five recoveries and seven active cases overall.

The new case was identified in Kingston and St Andrew.

It is the sixth reported case in the country’s capital and main city.

The positive case was also locally transmitted, meaning the virus continues to spread among Jamaicans on the island.

Seventeen people remain in home quarantine and there remains one death under investigation.