INDORE: The district has clocked an all-time high positivity rate of 30.56% on Sunday night, when 2665 Covid-19 positive cases were reported by testing 8768 samples, showed record.
The bulletin record showed that earlier the district touched a maximum positivity rate of 26.44% on April 16, 2020 just three weeks after outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic.
The first four cases of Covid-19 pandemic were reported on March 23, 2020 in the district. Within weeks it peaked in the district. Even in the second wave the positivity rate remained less than 25% with the highest being recorded at 21.33% on May 11 last year.
Positivity rate is a measure of infected persons detected per 100 tested samples. It is one of the three most important factors including the Ro- infectivity rate, and severity to measure about a disease.
Crisis committee member Dr Nishant Khare told TOI, “Daily positivity rate is a more important parameter than the absolute number of Covid-19 infections to measure the disease regularly.”
On the question of such a high positivity rate Dr Khare said, “Whatever the available knowledge suggests that the omicron is peaking in an around 30% positivity rate and then began to dip. Based on it, the district is reaching its peak anytime soon in the next one week.”
The district had already crossed the highest mark of Covid-19 active cases on January 21, when it soars over 20000. The active cases of Covid-19 now stood at 22964 as on Sunday night.
The area wise analysis of the Covid-19 infections further showed that 596 areas had reported the new cases of pandemic virus in the day including 34 with over ten cases to remain in the list of hotspots. Vijay Nagar and Sudama nagar continued to remain on top with 57 and 53 fresh Covid-19 cases, showed area-wise list.
