GHAZIABAD: After a surge in cases from the rural areas of the district, testing figures have shown a downward trend in these pockets. The district has been reporting a positivity rate of 1-1.5% in the rural areas for the past few days, health officials have said. About 2,800 tests are being conducted daily in the rural areas of the district. Ghaziabad has ramped up its daily testing drive. While the target was 5,200 tests between May 1 and 15, it was later increased to 8,150 tests daily. On an average, 8,250 tests are being conducted every day, according to official data. This number includes RT-PCR and antigen tests. If Truenat and tests at private laboratories are counted, then the daily average figure is 8,706. The average daily positivity rate is around 4%, a significant dip compared to the period between May 1 to 15 when it was around 15%. In the first 15 days of this month, the average daily fresh infections were 711. The daily testing target for this period was 5,200 (1,700 RT-PCR and 3,500 antigen tests). But around 4,070 tests were being conducted daily on average. With Truenat and private testing data, the number would go up to 4,648 tests daily on an average. The death toll averaged at 11 a day. In the second half of the month, till May 24, an average of 317 positive cases and five deaths are being recorded daily. According to an official, the RT-PCR lab in the district has a capacity to carry out 900 tests per day, while more than 2,000 samples are being sent to GIMS in Noida daily. The overall positivity rate for this month, till May 24, is 9%.
Number of tests up in Ghaziabad, +vity rate down to 4%
