The COVID-19 positivity price in the northeast has emerged as a be concerned for the Centre with ICMR director-common and member of India’s activity force on the pandemic Dr Balram Bhragava saying that the area required to step up testing aspect from maintaining a watch on the district-level test positivity price and setting up micro-containment zones.
The wellness ministry mentioned on Tuesday that 45 of the 73 districts that had a COVID-19 positivity price of more than 10% in the previous week had been in the northeast. Of these districts with higher positivity prices, 3 are in Arunachal, nine in Manipur, six in Meghalaya, 4 each and every in Tripura and Sikkim, 3 in Nagaland, and one in Mizoram. Among these states, Manipur has the highest quantity of active instances with 5,974, followed by Meghalaya with 4,354, Tripura with 3,962, Mizoram with 3,730, Sikkim with 1,869, and Nagaland with 1,192.
Bhargava mentioned the Centre was encouraging the northeastern states to conduct more tests and enhance their reporting of testing. He flagged the heavy rainfall in the area as a trouble, and mentioned the most essential issue was to preserve a watch on the typical test positivity price. Bhargava added that if the positivity price was above 10%, they would have to set up micro containment zones.
According to Bhargava, 595 districts had been reporting positivity price of significantly less than 5%, though 65 districts have a positivity price of 5-10%. He added that the second wave was beneath handle in most states, but some had been nevertheless in the midst of it. Bhargava mentioned India was conducting 18 lakh tests a day and it is essential to retain this momentum. The ICMR chief also reiterated belief that districts with positivity price above 10% required to reimpose strict containment measures.