The Covid-19 infection positivity rate has touched 8 percent in Chhattisgarh whereas it is 15 percent at the national level, the government said on Friday.
Due to the effective measures taken by the government to check the corona infection, the rate of infection in various districts is steadily falling, an official release said.
Currently, the positivity rate in Rajnandgaon, Sukma and Bijapur districts is 2 percent, 3 percent in Kabirdham and Kanker, 4 percent in Durg, 5 percent in Korba and Narayanpur, 6 percent in Bilaspur, 7 percent in Raipur, Balodabazar-Bhatapara, Jashpur and Dantewada and 8 percent in Bemetara.
As on Thursday, the infection rate in Balod, Mahasamund, Gariaband, Janjgir-Champa, Surguja, Bastar and Kondagaon was 9 percent. In other districts, the positivity rate is more than 9 percent, the release said.