The positivity rate in Anantapur drops to 5.52, the lowest in 2 months

The district’s COVID-19 positivity rate dropped to its lowest in the second wave on Sunday at 5.52, but the number of cumulative deaths passed the 1,000 (1,002) mark with a steady death rate since May 1.

The last time the district saw a decline in the positivity rate was on June 1, at 5.94%, down from 12% the previous day. But officials said this was an anomaly as all Rt-PCR tests were suspended for a day in the VDR lab and rapid antigen tests were performed instead, resulting in an incorrect number. The positivity rate dropped back to 14% a few days later.

In the last 43 days of the second wave, the district added 66,902 new cases, bringing the cumulative number to 1,49,594 and at least 341 deaths with an average of 8 deaths per day.

The total number of samples tested since the beginning of the pandemic is 17,40,788. Of these, 5,22,075 samples were collected from urban areas, of which 65,345 became positive, showing a positivity rate of 12.52% in the urban locations. The number of tests in the rural areas was 12,18,713 with a positive rate of 6.88% (83,824) by Sunday.

Of the 1,064 hospital beds occupied on Sunday, 145 were in intensive care and 717 were oxygen-assisted, and the remaining 202 were non-oxygen beds. The district has 1,842 active cases as of Sunday, including 778 in domestic isolation.

Meanwhile, district collector Nagalakshmi Selvarajan has asked the medical and health department to focus on vaccination, as this is the only way to contain the spread. The county has so far given 8,48,678 doses, with 6,50,739 people receiving one dose and 1,97,939 people receiving both doses.

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