From 20 p.c. positivity rate in Sept., COVID-19 cases down to 2 per cent

The case fatality rate (CFR) of 1.2 per cent in the final two weeks in Mysuru district is now shut to the goal of 1 per cent and the positivity rate (the variety of cases per 100 exams) has come down to 2 per cent. The COVID-19 positivity was 20 per cent in September and the turnaround was achieved in lower than two months.

Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri on Wednesday stated Mysuru is performing finest or among the many finest on all parameters of COVID-19 pandemic. This has occurred due to the systematic strategy and untiring efforts of all these involved, she added.

With 6,000 every day exams, Mysuru is doing the best variety of exams per day after Bengaluru Bruhat Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). Also, the Mysuru District COVID-19 War Room is now a mannequin for all and all districts had despatched groups to study and replicate the mannequin in their respective areas with regard to pandemic administration.

Ms. Sindhuri stated 4,208 individuals had been fined for not sporting masks and flouting social distance guidelines, which is once more highest after the enforcement by the BBMP in Bengaluru.

On the recommendation of the federal government for enhancing contact tracing since Mysuru was reporting the best variety of cases after Bengaluru and was additionally recognized as a COVID-19 hotspot, the district administration has ensured 100 per cent contact tracing inside 36 hours. As of now, 12 contacts are being traced per affected person.

In Mysuru, the RT-PCR testing infrastructure has been expanded with the Department of Microbiology of the Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMCRI) on the K.R. Hospital receiving a sophisticated COVID-19 testing facility, which can also be giving quicker outcomes of the swab exams carried out. Within 24 hours, the outcomes are being made obtainable and no swabs at the moment are being despatched to Bengaluru like in the previous for the exams.

The VRDL has been finishing up the swab exams utilizing the RT-PCR methodology since March this 12 months and it has been doing almost 2,500-3,000 swab exams a day. So far, it has carried out over one lakh swab exams. The new testing system, additionally known as the liquid dealing with system, was despatched to the MMCRI in order to strengthen the PCR testing and provides outcomes inside 24 hours.

Steps have been taken to ramp up PCR testing throughout Mysuru with about 4,000 swab exams a day since early this month following pointers on confining COVID-19 exams below the PCR methodology as an alternative of Rapid (*20*) Test (RAT). The Deputy Commissioner on Wednesday stated the variety of exams per day had been elevated to 6,000.