Expressing concern over the steady rise in the city’s test positivity rate (TPR), the state task force said that more than 70,000 RT-PCR tests should be conducted in Mumbai daily. Currently, about 30,000-35,000 tests are conducted on a daily basis. On August 19, the city recorded its lowest TPR in the second wave at 0.53 per cent, post which there has been a gradual rise. On Tuesday, Mumbai’s TPR was 1.06 per cent.

“Cases are going up and the TPR is also becoming a cause for concern. We have to go slow with unlocking and get the norms back,” said a state task force member.
The member added that not enough people were getting tested because of the fear of being quarantined and this would soon have a larger impact if not dealt with at the earliest.