31% tested under RAT infected in NR segment

Mysuru: Rapid antigen tests (RAT) helped district authorities to identify more Covid cases in north-east Mysuru in the last two weeks. Mysuru on Thursday recorded the highest ever cases of 430 with 9 fatalities taking the total death count to 137. Of the nine who died, three were women. One was brought dead while four died within a day of being admitted to hospital.
There were a total 4,013 positive cases in Mysuru district, of which 2,661 are active cases.
Deputy commissioner Abhiram G Sankar said the rapid antigen test (RAT) drive was carried out twice in Narasimharaja constituency from July 18-23 and from Monday to Thursday, and it helped in detecting 470 cases. About 1,557 people were tested in various localities in this part of Mysuru.
In Kailasapura in the Chamaraja assembly segment, three days of RAT helped in detecting 87 positive cases. About 269 were subjected to tests. Aday’s exclusive drive in both these localities apart from regular check-ups, helped detect an additional 96 cases out of 240 patients tested. In all, 2,066 people were tested from July 18-30 of whom 653 people were found to be infected. RAT results will be out within 30 minutes unlike RT-PCR, which takes a minimum of six hours of testing, and a day to declare results.