COVID-19 In Odisha: Daily Positivity Test Touches 16.64%; Tests Drop Below 40K

Bhubaneswar: The Test Positivity Rate (TPR) in Odisha touched 16.64 per cent on Monday (April 26) with 6599 of 39642 samples testing positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours.

The state had seen a slight drop in the TRP at 13.97 per cent on Sunday (April 25) after the Saturday (April 24) spike of 16.20 per cent. The biggest surge of 6647 new cases was reported on Saturday following 41017 tests while 6116 of 43765 samples were found infected on Sunday.

TPR is the ratio of tests performed to cases confirmed.

On Friday (April 23), a TRP of 14.27 per cent was reported after 6215 of 43538 samples tested for the virus.

It was 13.7 per cent as 6416 samples of 44983 were found positive on Thursday (April 22).

The (TPR) had come down slightly from 14.71 per cent (samples tested 32349 and positive cases 4761) on Tuesday (April 20)to 12.5 per cent (samples tested 38548 and positive cases 4851) on Wednesday (April 21). The TPR of 12.28 per cent (samples tested 36175 and positive cases 4445) was recorded last Monday (April 19).

Though Odisha had set 50,000 COVID-19 tests a day target from April 19, it has managed to conduct 44983 so far. The tests also dropped below 40,000 on Monday (April 26). 

Experts had earlier expressed concern over infection being left undetected in the state with RT-PCR tests barely touching 40 per cent against the 70 per cent advised by ICMR.

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