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COVID-19: 30 States/UTs have lower positivity rate than national average
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Published on July 21, 2020 - Duration: 01:58s
COVID-19: 30 States/UTs have lower positivity rate than national average
Union Health Ministry in Delhi briefed the media over COVID-19 situation on July 21.
While speaking in the press conference, OSD of Health Ministry, Rajesh Bhushan said, "19 States and Union Territories are performing more than 140 tests per day per million population.
Aggressive testing is necessary to bring down COVID19 positivity rate; the aim is to maintain this level of testing so as to bring down positivity rate below 5%." "30 States/Union Territories have positivity rate lower than India's average," he added.
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