The Covid-19 test positivity rate is at a high of 9.5% inchildrenaged 0-9 years in Bengaluru, more than thrice the states Average of 2.9%, according to an analysis by the state Health and family welfare department, reports Sunitha Rao R.
Shivamogga district stands second with 6.4% positivity rate among the children of this age group. At 5.5%, Bengaluru tops in the test positivity rate among children in the 9-19 age group, too.
According to the health department, of the total 9.7 lakh tests done from January 4 to 10, some 50,783 turned positive for Covid.
Among them, the test positivity rate was 2.9% among children from the age group 0-9 years and 2.4% in the age group of 9-19 years. In Udupi, 3.2% positivity rate has been observed in the age group 9-19, followed by Mandya at 3%.