Positivity rate exceeds50% in Odisha district
The Hindu
Door-to-door survey begins in Kalahandi
The Kalahandi district administration in Odisha began a door-to-door survey from Saturday after the test positivity rate (TPR) soared past 50% on Thursday. The western Odisha district had conducted 1,269 tests that day, including 361 RT-PCR tests, in which as many as 682 persons tested positive, yielding a TPR of 53.74%. On Friday, as many as 950 tests were conducted and 361 persons found infected with the virus. The TPR worked out to 38%, which was much higher than the State’s average. Through the positivity rate dropped significantly on Saturday, the administration decided to take no chances and began a door-to-door survey to find out the extent of prevalence of COVID-19 symptoms in the community.
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