The Print on 20 August told us that “Maharashtra’s positivity rate increased to 19.91% from 15% in June". Now the same report said that testing in Maharashtra had increased seven-fold —that’s right—since June.
Still, there was this significant increase in the positivity rate too. The inference: the virus is spreading faster in Maharashtra than we can monitor it, outstripping even the pace of testing.
Another report published by Hindustan Times on 7 August discussed Mumbai’s positivity rate, which came “down to 20.83%, from 21.68% in July." Mark the decrease, fair enough, but the issue here is that at 20+%, that positivity rate is troublingly high.