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Faridabad: Even as it continues to lead the Covid tally in Haryana with 12,579 cases and 169 deaths, Faridabad has seen a substantial increase in testing, with things also looking up when it comes to positivity rate and doubling rate.
According to health department data, 6.6 per cent of 59,020 samples tested for coronavirus between August 1 and 30 returned positive.
In the preceding month, 9.5 per cent of the 51,639 samples had returned positive.
As compared to 54 deaths in July, August saw 38 deaths.
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Faridabad: Even as it continues to lead the Covid tally in Haryana with 12,579 cases and 169 deaths, Faridabad has seen a substantial increase in testing, with things also looking up when it comes to positivity rate and doubling rate.
According to health department data, 6.6 per cent of 59,020 samples tested for coronavirus between August 1 and 30 returned positive.
In the preceding month, 9.5 per cent of the 51,639 samples had returned positive.
As compared to 54 deaths in July, August saw 38 deaths.
Faridabad’s doubling rate has also seen an improvement, rising from 50.5 days as of August 1 to 92.2 days as of August 30.
It’s positivity rate has improved from 11.1 per cent to 9.3 per cent, and the fatality rate has fallen from 1.5 per cent to 1.3 per cent.
Speaking to The Media, the Deputy Commissioner of Faridabad, Yashpal Yadav, attributed this to “systematic testing, tracing, and treatment” of Covid patients.
“There are two reasons for this improvement.