Despite a constant increase in the number of flights and incoming passengers, the Covid19 positivity rate at the Srinagar International Airport has witnessed a drop of almost 50 per cent this month.
As per official figures, compared to 30 to 40 daily positive cases of inbound passengers seen in September, the rate has now dropped to just 10 to 15 daily positive cases being reported this month.
Senior officials told this newspaper that although the daily number of flyers has increased from 1000-1200 in June- July to almost 2000-2200 passengers at present, the number of positive cases has dropped significantly this month.
