PUNE: Delay in data entry of ‘negative test reports’ on the state portal has resulted in a higher positivity rate for the district in the cabinet note, the Pune district authorities said on Thursday.
The state cabinet note presentation by the public health department has shown the weekly positive rate (WPR) of Pune district at 6.15%.
Pune district collector Rajesh Deshmukh confirmed that the higher positivity rate for Pune in the cabinet note was due to some delay in data entry of negative Covid reports.
“With the cases having gone down in the district, some contractual staffers have been relieved of their duties. This has delayed the data entry. This will be corrected and I have instructed the health officials to do it at the earliest,’’ he told TOI. Many districts have been facing data entry or reconciliation of data issues, he added.
Pune collector had on Wednesday said there were nearly 32,000 tests done in one day in the district and the day’s positivity rate was 3.3%. Between August 26 and September 1, Pune’s positivity rate has been 4%.
