Almost half of India shows less than 5% positivity, says health ministry

Over 47 per cent of India’s districts are now showing Covid positivity rate of less than 5 per cent as cases in almost half the country have declined in the last week, health ministry data showed. India’s positivity rate has also declined from over 21 per cent in early May to 8.3 per cent during the last week, the ministry said.

While 344 districts have reported less than 5 per cent positivity for the week ending May 31, there are still 239 districts that are more than 10 per cent positive. In the week ending May 7, only 92 districts showed