Under the Malaria Free Campaign, the positivity rate for malaria in Bastar division in Chhattisgarh has fallen to 0.87 percent.
The positivity rate in the first, second and third phases were 4.6 percent, 1.27 percent and 1.04 percent respectively. The state has recorded a steady slide in number of malaria cases during the drive, now in its fourth stage.
The Health and Family Welfare Department and the National Health Mission, Chhattisgarh, jointly run the drive. The target is to check malaria among some 20.43 lakh population in 21 districts.
Health Department and Director of National Health Mission Dr. Priyanka Shukla said in a statement that surveyors in Bastar division have so far reached 210,174 houses and tested 100,658 people for malaria.
The fourth phase, which began on June 15, covered seven districts of Bastar division.
Dr Shukla said at present the second phase of the campaign is on in five districts of Surguja division and the first phase in nine other districts.
After reaching 3.16 lakh houses and conducting 14.30 lakh tests across the state, 9,392 patients were found positive.