December 24, 2024

COVID-19 : Himachal registers a positivity rate of 14.1% in the last one week

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The Himachal Herald, Shimla

The Government spokesperson informed that a total 279198 persons  have been found COVID positive till now across the State. The number of active cases as on today is 4344 in the State.

The Government spokesperson informed that during last week (30-01-2022 to 06-02-2022), total 6444 positive cases with positivity rate of 14.1% were recorded in the State and during the same period. The maximum positivity rate of 22% has been reported from district Hamirpur, and minimum positivity rate of 6.7% from district Bilaspur. The district wise information of the positivity rates in the last week (30-01-2022 to 06-02-2022) is as follows:

District

Total Testing

Positive Cases

Positivity rate

Bilaspur

7405

499

6.7

Chamba

3334

339

10.2

Hamirpur

3088

680

22.0

Kangra

8215

1404

17.1

Kinnaur

670

99

14.8

Kullu

1487

230

15.5

Lahaul & Spiti

523

41

7.8

Mandi

4671

977

20.9

Shimla

4477

679

15.2

Sirmaur

3417

432

12.6

Solan

5003

610

12.2

Una

3287

454

13.8

Total

45577

6444

14.1


The Government Spokesperson told that the maximum positivity rate of 20% was recorded in a week from 17-01-2022 to 23-01-2022. He appealed to the public that to reduce the transmission of COVID virus in the community, it is important to monitor yourselves for the symptoms, getting tests done in case symptoms appear and timely isolation is required.