Jaipur: covid There has been a decline in testing in the state and only over 2 lakh samples are being tested in the last seven days, an average of 28,000 tests per day.
The state is at the bottom of the country with the lowest number of COVID tests per million population. However, the health department said that since the positivity rate in the state had dropped significantly, the tests were reduced. “We have positivity rate less than 0.08%, while in some other states it is more than 10%,” said Siddharth Mahajan, Secretary (Health).
In the past few weeks, the number of tests has also come down due to less infection.
The number of tests conducted in the state from July 7-13 was 2.6 lakh, which further reduced to 2.2 lakh in the following week. The number of tests conducted in the last seven days stood at 2.01 lakh. The number of samples testing positive for COVID has also come down, which is 351 (July 7-13), 228 (July 14-20), 160 (July 21-27) and 140 (July 28 to August 3). Was.
The positivity rate has remained at 0.06% in the last seven days, which is going down significantly.
The state is at the bottom of the country with the lowest number of COVID tests per million population. However, the health department said that since the positivity rate in the state had dropped significantly, the tests were reduced. “We have positivity rate less than 0.08%, while in some other states it is more than 10%,” said Siddharth Mahajan, Secretary (Health).
In the past few weeks, the number of tests has also come down due to less infection.
The number of tests conducted in the state from July 7-13 was 2.6 lakh, which further reduced to 2.2 lakh in the following week. The number of tests conducted in the last seven days stood at 2.01 lakh. The number of samples testing positive for COVID has also come down, which is 351 (July 7-13), 228 (July 14-20), 160 (July 21-27) and 140 (July 28 to August 3). Was.
The positivity rate has remained at 0.06% in the last seven days, which is going down significantly.
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