Originally posted by jbravado
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That's likely as low as it will go based on average household size.
Positivity rate is the number of confirmed cases/concluded tests.
Previously we had a positivity rate of 6%, since priority testing has been introduced its risen to 15%.
SK currently have a positivity rate of 2.5%, the lower that has gone, the better their situation has become. They've effectively been flat, floating 100 cases per day(proportionally 10 here). That occurred at around 3%.
We want it down there but as they rightly suspected our testing was being diluted by people less likely to have the disease.
Similar to confirmed cases and deaths, positivity rate will climb and then decline as we penetrate deeper into the population. Long term the goal is lower but the higher % now is just an indication that the priority testing was the correct decision.
Originally posted by Strewelpeter
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