Karnataka that has been consistently maintaining a Test Positivity Rate (TPR) of less than 0.5% since mid-March is seeing a slight rise in this vital parameter from April 11. The State’s daily TPR rose from 0.56% on April 10 to 0.78% the next day and touched 1.02% on Thursday.
As many as 483 positive cases have been reported in the last ten days. On an average, the State has been reporting nearly 60 cases daily. This month, the State reported above 70 cases just in two days (77 cases on April 7 and 92 cases on April 12). On Thursday, the State saw 100 new cases, 91 of which were from Bengaluru Urban alone.
This rise in TPR comes at a time when COVID-19 cases are on the rise in a few States including Delhi. However, COVID-19 experts in the State attributed the current rise in TPR to local fluctuations and said there is no need to panic as of now.
