NEW DELHI : The proportion of people found positive for coronavirus among those tested rose by more than one percentage point in the past month, the Union health ministry said, even as testing and recoveries rose countrywide.
While cumulative tests rose from 12 million on 14 July to 30 million on 16 August, the so-called positivity rate rose from 7.5% to 8.81% in the same period, the government said.“Although the higher number of tests will push the positivity rate initially, as the Delhi experience has amply shown, it will eventually come down when combined with other measures such as prompt isolation, tracking and timely clinical management," the health ministry said.India on Monday crossed the 30-million mark for covid-19 tests, with the.