(Anjali Shreya, Intern Journalist): There pace of the corona test has increased in the country. More than 9 lakh tests are being done every day. On August 19, more than 9 lakh 18 thousand tests were conducted in the country. So far, 3 crores 26 lakh 61 thousand 252 tests have been done. At the same time, the number of corona patients in the country has reached 29 lakh.
So far, over 21 lakh people have been cured, while around 55 thousand people have died. The number of active cases in the country is around 7 lakhs. Across the country, the pace of the corona case doubling is 28.8 days. At the same time, the speed of the corona case in Delhi has doubled to 101.5 days.
At present, efforts are being made to bring the death toll from Corona to zero in Delhi. In the month of August, the death rate in Delhi is 1.4 percent, while in the whole country the rate is 1.92 percent. This data is supposed to provide relief to Delhiites.
The Health Department of Delhi Government has submitted a detailed report related to Corona. According to this report, the corona test positivity rate in Delhi was 24.59 percent on 18 June, it has fallen to 5.25 percent on 18 August. This decline is visible in the positive rates of both RTPCR and rapid test.
On 18 June, 9088 RTPCR tests were conducted in Delhi, in which 2805 positive cases were released, i.e. the positive rate was 30.85 percent. At the same time, on August 18, 4106 RTPCR tests were conducted, in which 434 positive cases were found, i.e. the positivity rate was 10.57 percent.
Similarly, on June 18, there were 3316 rapid tests in Delhi, out of which 246 positive cases came out, i.e. the positive rate was 7.42 percent. At the same time, on August 18, 10882 rapid tests were conducted, in which 353 positive cases were found, i.e. the positive rate was only 3.24 percent.
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