Covid 3.0: Positivity rate shoots beyond permissible WHO levels as Omicron wreaks havoc 

The highly transmissible Omicron variant has fuelled the latest Covid-19 wave, leading to an explosion of cases in the last week.

With the unusual spike in the number of Covid cases reported every day in India, the test positivity rate has also skyrocketed. The highly transmissible Omicron variant has fuelled the latest wave, leading to an explosion of cases in the last week.

For instance, in just eight days, India has reported a six-time spike in reported cases, and simultaneously, the positivity rate has increased from 0.79 per cent on December 29 to 5.03 per cent on January 5.