Covid positivity rate in Srikakulam below 5%

Visakhapatnam:

Srikakulam

district has registered a

Covid-19 positivity rate

below 5% in the last 16 days, according to district collector J Nivas. On October 1, the district had 301 positive cases for 5,720 tests. On October 16, the district registered 108 new cases for 4,134 tests with a

positivity rate

of 2.61%.

The positivity rate hovered around 3.5% in the days in between. The positivity rate plummeted to 2.61% on Friday, the lowest since the imposition of the lockdown.

Speaking to TOI, district collector J Nivas said that the lowering of positivity rate was

possible

through collective efforts of the general public and officials. “However, we have to continue being careful and maintain our response till the pandemic vanishes completely,” Nivas added.

P Jaganmohan Rao, district president of

Indian Red Cross Society

said that bringing about awareness among 28 lakh people in a district with low literacy rate was a herculean task and the district administration has made all possible efforts to bring the pandemic under control.