Gzb sees rise in positivity rate, but less recoveries

Ghaziabad: Covid-19 figures in the district have shown a steep rise in April, especially positivity rate — near 6% now. Meanwhile, the recovery rate in Ghaziabad has come down to around 80%.
The district has reported 36 deaths in the past seven days alone, taking the fatality rate to 0.39%. The Covid-19 positivity rate for April stands at 5.97%, against an overall positivity rate of 3.93% in Ghaziabad. The recovery rate has fallen to 82.8%, a number that was averaging around 97% last month.
“The positivity rate, which was less than 1% in February and March, has increased manifold in April. The number has increased 8.7 times since Marchand nearly 20 times the figure in February,” said an official from the health department.
“With the number of daily cases reaching a new high, the positivity rate is expected to go further up, which will be the worst phase since last year when the pandemic started,” added the official. The administration has ramped up testing and has conducted 1,20,410 tests in April alone. In March, it had conducted 87,804 tests and 59,759 tests in February.
“The recovery rate has also taken a hit. The corresponding figures in March and February were 97.77% and 99.43%, respectively,” said the official. “The total number of active cases has also shown a drastic rise. As of April 24, the total active cases in the district was recorded at 5,841, up from 1,723 on April 15 — a jump of 3.4 times,” added the official.