&nbsp;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:<ol>
 <li>Week of Sept. 6:&nbsp;13.7%201 total cases</li><li>201 total cases</li><li>Week of Sept. 13:&nbsp;10.4 %108 total cases</li><li>108 total cases</li><li>Week of Sept. 20:&nbsp;9.6%108 total cases</li><li>108 total cases</li>
 </ol>The numbers above are broken down by week and include only the patients tested in that week.

Riley County COVID positivity rate falls to 9.6 percent