COVID-19 test positivity rate crosses 55% in Mysuru
The Hindu
Even though COVID-19 cases have begun showing a dip over the last few days in Mysuru, the test positivity rate (TPR) soared to an unprecedented high of 55 per cent in the district for the last two suc
Even though COVID-19 cases have begun showing a dip over the last few days in Mysuru, the test positivity rate (TPR) soared to an unprecedented high of 55 per cent in the district for the last two successive days. While the results declared on Sunday (May 16) that 1,980 samples had tested positive out of the total 3,550 tests that included 3,394 RT-PCR tests and 156 Rapid Antigen Tests (RAT), the results of Monday (May 17) showed that 1,916 samples had tested positive out of the total 3,439 tests. The TPR of 55.71 per cent on Monday and 55.77 per cent on Sunday respectively was preceded by a TPR of 42.2 per cent on Saturday, 42.1 per cent on Friday, 42 per cent on Thursday and 40.5 per cent of Wednesday.
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