Ludhiana: As Ludhiana continues to witness a surge in Covid-19 cases, its weekly positivity rate is on the rise. Positivity rate is the number of samples positive out of the total tested.
As per the Covid status report of the state of Tuesday, the district’s weekly (April 14 to 20) positivity rate is 11.3%—a rise of 0.4% as compared with the preceding week’s (April 7 to 13) rate of 10.9%. From March 31 to April 6, the rate was 9.3%.
On the state’s weekly positivity rate chart, Ludhiana is seventh. SAS Nagar is at the top with the rate of 21.1%, Bathinda is second (17.8%) and Fazilka third (14.9). SBS Nagar has the lowest rate of 3.4%.
As far as the change in the rate is concerned (the difference between two weeks), the report shows that Fazilka has the maximum change of 10.2%, Ferozepur is second with 6% and Muktsar third with 5.5% increase. Ludhiana and Faridkot share 18th position with 0.4% rise. Jalandhar has the highest fall in positivity rate this week at -0.5%.
With the Ludhiana’s positivity rate more than 11 this week, the health department officials said it indicated rise in infection.
A health department official said, “The positivity rate is increasing as people are not following Covid-19 appropriate behaviour. People must wear mask, maintain social distance, avoid crowded places to check infection spread.”
Dist vs sate
The weekly positivity rate of Ludhiana (11.3%) is higher than the state’s 10.4%. The change in the rate for Punjab is 2.2%.