Sep 29, 2020

Riley County COVID positivity rate falls to 9.6 percent

Posted Sep 29, 2020 7:26 PM

 Fewer people in Riley County are testing positive for COVID-19 and the rate of positive cases decreased to 9.6% last week (week 39). That represents a significant decline from the highest recorded rate of 34.3% for the week of August 23 (week 35).

According to a release from the Health Department the positivity rate compares the number of positive tests to total tests per week. Positivity Rate in Riley County:

  1. Week of Sept. 6: 13.7%201 total cases
  2. 201 total cases
  3. Week of Sept. 13: 10.4 %108 total cases
  4. 108 total cases
  5. Week of Sept. 20: 9.6%108 total cases
  6. 108 total cases

The numbers above are broken down by week and include only the patients tested in that week.