COVID-19 test positivity rate crosses 55% in Mysuru
The Hindu
Even though COVID-19 cases have begun showing a dip over the last few days in Mysuru, the test positivity rate (TPR) soared to an unprecedented high of 55 per cent in the district for the last two suc
Even though COVID-19 cases have begun showing a dip over the last few days in Mysuru, the test positivity rate (TPR) soared to an unprecedented high of 55 per cent in the district for the last two successive days. While the results declared on Sunday (May 16) that 1,980 samples had tested positive out of the total 3,550 tests that included 3,394 RT-PCR tests and 156 Rapid Antigen Tests (RAT), the results of Monday (May 17) showed that 1,916 samples had tested positive out of the total 3,439 tests. The TPR of 55.71 per cent on Monday and 55.77 per cent on Sunday respectively was preceded by a TPR of 42.2 per cent on Saturday, 42.1 per cent on Friday, 42 per cent on Thursday and 40.5 per cent of Wednesday.A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.