positivity rate

noun

The percentage of people who have tested positive out of all of those who have been tested (for a given pathogen).

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Meanings

nounpositivity rate (plural positivity rates)

plural positivity rates

  1. epidemiologyThe percentage of people who have tested positive out of all of those who have been tested (for a given pathogen).
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