Just over 100 districts at the moment are reporting a weekly positivity price of greater than 10 per cent, indicating an extra lower within the unfold of coronavirus an infection within the nation, granular information being tracked by the Health Ministry present.
On Thursday, the Ministry had stated that 141 districts had a weekly positivity price greater than 10 per cent. Two weeks in the past, 388 districts within the nation have been above this positivity threshold.
The regular decline within the variety of districts with a excessive positivity price corresponds to the decline within the variety of circumstances being reported throughout the nation in current weeks.
Positivity fall indicators additional retreat of virus the ministry stated the variety of new circumstances throughout the nation was 44,877 — this was the primary time since January 4 that each day detections fell beneath 50,000; 58,097 circumstances had been reported on that day.
The each day positivity price on Sunday, nevertheless, stood at 3.17 per cent, not a lot decrease than the three.48 per cent reported yesterday. The nationwide weekly positivity price was 4.46 per cent on Sunday, in contrast with the ten.20 per cent reported within the earlier week.
India’s energetic caseload at present stands at 5,37,045, a 56 per cent decline from the determine reported within the earlier week (12.25 lakh energetic circumstances). The energetic caseload is more likely to fall beneath 5 lakh within the subsequent few days.
The decline within the energetic caseload signifies a lighter burden on the well being care system as a result of extreme circumstances of Covid-19.
A complete 105 districts reported greater than 10 per cent positivity between February 5 and February 11, information from the ministry present. During the identical interval, 480 districts reported lower than 5 per cent positivity.
Five states at present have greater than 10 districts with a positivity price greater than 10 per cent: Rajasthan (17), Kerala (14), and Maharashtra, Arunachal Pradesh, and Mizoram (11 every).
Positivity charges above 5 per cent are thought of to be trigger for concern. The well being ministry has repeatedly requested for native containment and surveillance in districts reporting positivity charges of greater than 5 per cent.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
