The anchors were discussing the distressingly high rates of people testing positive for infection by the coronavirus in American states like Florida and Mississippi. Yes, the rate of people testing positive reached 32% of those tested in early August on a relatively small sample of tests and that should be of some concern. But of greater concern should be the fact that our overall positive rate since this whole thing started has now reached 20.42% of those tested. If you take into account all the asymptomatic people who are possibly out there, any infection rate we are talking about is quite probably considerably understated. And to visit another much-loved relative whose husband, who was the pillar around which she had constructed her life, had also passed away, having tested positive for coronavirus.

Source: Dhaka Tribune August 13, 2020 15:22 UTC