Covid-19 positivity rate recorded over 5% in last nine days in Indore

The Covid-19 positivity rate has remained above 5 per cent in the last nine days in the Indore district.

Amid a slight uptick in fresh coronavirus cases, the Covid-19 positivity rate remained above 5 per cent in the last nine days in the Indore district, according to the health department data.

Furthermore, on June 7 and 10, the district clocked positive cases in double digits for the first time after the third wave.

However, the daily sample testing remained substantially low in the area. It remained between 105 to 248 between June 3 to 11, the data showed.

During this period, Indore reported fresh Covid-19 cases between 6 to 29. However, no fatalities due to the infection were reported in this period.

So far, the district has reported 2.08 lakh Covid-19 cases by testing over 38.05 lakh samples. The district has further reported 1,463 deaths since the start of the pandemic.