Covid-19 test positivity rate drops to 0.006 per cent in Uttar Pradesh

Proactive measures from the Uttar Pradesh government to contain the pandemic have made the Covid-19 test positivity rate fall to 0.006 per cent in the state.

Due to proactive measures such as the aggressive 'Trace, Test and Treat' policy, vaccination and partial corona curfews to eradicate the pandemic, the test positivity rate (TPR) of Covid-19 has slumped to lower than 0.01 per cent in Uttar Pradesh. Despite aggressive tracing and testing, Uttar Pradesh’s Covid positivity rate — which shows the level of infections among people — has been registering a steady decline for several days, indicating signs that the wave of the pandemic is receding from the state.