Ludhiana sixth in Punjab in antigen testing, positivity rate 4th lowest

Nitin Jain

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, May 19

Ludhiana district has ranked sixth in the rapid antigen testing (RAT) in the state, while the positivity rate reported from such tests in the district was fourth lowest in the state.

The data compiled by the Health and Family Welfare Department, a copy of which is with The Tribune, revealed that Ludhiana conducted 52.4 per cent rapid antigen tests of the total testing done last week between May 9 and 15. This was 8.8 per cent more than 43.6 per cent RAT testing rate of the state.

However, the positive cases tested out of the total RAT testing in the district remained 4.1 per cent, which was fourth lowest in the state and almost half the state’s RAT positivity rate of 8 per cent last week.

The districts that conducted more RAT testing than Ludhiana included Muktsar with highest 73 per cent antigen tests, followed by Moga 67.7 per cent, Fazilka 60.9 per cent, Bathinda 57.1 per cent and Faridkot 54.1 per cent.

Those which remained behind Ludhiana in antigen testing were Sangrur 47.9 per cent, Fatehgarh Sahib 47.4 per cent, Amritsar 46.5, Jalandhar 42.1, Patiala 42, Nawanshahr 39.4, Ferozepur 37.6, Ferozepur 37.6, Kapurthala 33.9, Hoshiarpur 32.2, Gurdaspur 31.3, Mohali 29.6, Pathankot 26.9, Tarn Taran 24.2, Mansa 22.8 and Barnala with lowest 21.4 per cent RAT tests in the state.

In the positivity rate, Ropar registered the highest 16.5 per cent antigen positive tests in the state, followed by Mansa 16.4 per cent, Pathankot 15.8 per cent, Bathinda 15.2, Fazilka 14.9, Ferozepur 14.3, Muktsar 14, Barnala 11.8, Faridkot 11.3, Gurdaspur 10.6, Patiala 8.1, Jalandhar 7.4, Kapurthala 7.2, Mohali 7.1, Moga 6.7, Tarn Taran 6.6, Hoshiarpur 6 and Sangrur 4.1 per cent.

The districts with lower antigen positivity rate than Ludhiana were Fatehgarh Sahib 3.2 per cent, Nawanshahr 3.1 per cent, and Amritsar 2.7 per cent.

However, when it comes to the positivity rate in the RT-PCR tests, Ludhiana stood fifth in the state with 20.6 per cent positive tests, which was 3.6 per cent more than the state’s average of 17 per cent.

Mohali topped the state with the highest RT-PCR positivity rate of 29.45 per cent, followed by Bathinda 27.6 per cent, Fazilka 24.5 per cent, Mansa 21.7 per cent and Faridkot 20.6 per cent.

The districts with lower RT-PCR positive tests than Ludhiana were Muktsar with 20.4 per cent positivity rate, followed by Amritsar 19.1 per cent, Ferozepur 18.6, Patiala 17.8, Moga and Jalandhar 17.4 each, Ropar 15.1, Pathankot 12.3, Fatehgarh Sahib 11.5, Hoshiarpur 11.1, Sangrur 10.7, Barnala 9, Kapurthala 8.3, Nawanshahr 6.5, Gurdaspur 6.4, and Tarn Taran registered the lowest 6.3 per cent positivity rate in the state.

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