Every second person getting tested in Kolkata is positive

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Every second person getting tested in Kolkata is positive

Sumati Yengkhom / TNN / Updated: Apr 25, 2021, 15:36 I ..

 

KOLKATA: One of two persons undergoing RT-PCR tests in Kolkata and its suburbs is turning out to be Covid-positive. In the rest of the state, one of four RT-PCR report is Covid positive. That is a five-fold jump from the beginning of the month, when only one of 20 tests was positive.

"Laboratories in Kolkata and surrounding areas are reporting a positivity rate of 45%-55% while in other parts of the state the positivity rate is around 24%, up from 5% at the beginning of this month,” said a doctor attached to one of the largest laboratories conducting RT-PCR tests in the state.
This, a senior doctor at a state-run hospital said, is only the tip of the iceberg. “The actual positivity rate will be much higher. There would be so many asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic patients who are not getting themselves tested. We are not testing enough. We must not be deterred from testing more as this is one major tool to contain this wave,” he said.

Positivity graph in West Bengal

At 9.4%, the positivity rate spiked on Oct 22, 2020 in the first wave when 4,157 of 44,252 samples tested positive

	Tested	Positive cases
April 1	25,766	1274 (4.9%)
April 15	42,121	6769 (16%)
April 23	52,646	12876 (24.3%)
April 24	55,060	14281 (25.9%)
April 7	29,343	2390 (8.1%)

[The_Captain]

Just imagine the number of cases could be being a most densely populated state  

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Thanks for all election rallies.

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8 minutes ago, The_Captain said:

Just imagine the number of cases could be being a most densely populated state  

Bihar has less than 4 lakh total reported cases for 10 cr population 

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