Testing stepped up in Mysuru district
The Hindu
Test positivity rate at 7.58, with 695 cases and one death reported on Thursday
Amid the alarming rise in COVID-19 cases, the daily testing is inching close to 10,000 in Mysuru district with the authorities stepping up RT-PCR tests from last week. This is part of their strategy for containing the spread of the Omicron variant of coronavirus. Following the advisory of “test, track, and treat”, the testing target has almost been doubled in Mysuru. Long queues are being seen outside testing centres in the district.
The test positivity rate in Mysuru jumped to 7.58% on Thursday with 695 people testing positive. One death was reported and as many as 150 patients were discharged.
Another cluster has been reported here with 12 testing positive at the Madhwa hostel of the National Institute of Engineering. The death toll rose to 2,431 with an 87-year-old male from Mandya, who was admitted with SARI symptoms at a private hospital here on January 10, succumbing to the infection.
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