Positivity rate rising faster, but still far from peak seen during 2nd wave

Four states have achieved a double-digit positivity rate. Testing is still not at levels reached during the second wave. Maharashtra's testing average is half of that performed during the second wave

On Monday, India registered over 37,379 Covid infections. As the country had only conducted 1.5 million tests, the positivity rate was 2.5 per cent. Although the positivity rate is galloping faster--until a week ago, India’s positivity rate was 0.6 per cent--it is much lower than the peak of 25.2 per cent witnessed during the second wave in May last year and 12.6 per cent during September 2020 for the first wave. 

A Business Standard analysis shows that cases have been galloping faster in the country; meanwhile, testing has not increased commensurately. While India was registering just over 5,000 cases a