Covid-19: Four states post double-digit test positivity ratios, shows data

Many other states have had Covid-19 cases doubling over the latest week

At least ten per cent of the tests conducted in four states have returned positive Covid-19 results.

The test positivity ratio is in double-digit territory for Goa (12.7 per cent), West Bengal (13 per cent), Mizoram (16.4 per cent) and Kerala (17.6 per cent); show numbers from independent tracker Covid19bharat.org. Maharashtra is fifth on the list with an 8.5 per cent test positivity ratio, showing a slight decline from the double-digit numbers seen earlier (see chart 1).

Some states don’t yet have a ten per cent test positivity ratio, but show a rising trend. Assam has seen its