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Ahmedabad, Jan 16 (PTI) The coronavirus positivity rate in Gujarat, where the overall infection tally has crossed the nine lakh-mark, currently stands at 12.3 per cent, data released by the government has revealed.
District-wise Vadodara reported 24.4 per cent positivity rate on Saturday, followed by Rajkot at 20.8 per cent and Ahmedabad at 19.2 per cent, it said.
A total of 74,611 tests were conducted across the state on Saturday to identify the infected persons.
Of them, 9,177 tested positive, which took the state"s positivity rate to 12.3 per cent, the data updated on the state"s COVID-19 dashboard said.
Positivity rate (or percent positive) is a measure to know how much coronavirus is spreading in a community.
This rate gives information about the per cent of COVID-19 tests that come back as positive out of all the tests that were conducted during a specific period.