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percent positive
noun[ singular ]
USuk /pəˌsent ˈpɒz.ə.tɪv/ us /pɚˌsent ˈpɑː.zə.t̬ɪv/(alsopositivity rate)
the number of all tests for an illness that are positive (= show that someone has the illness), expressed as a number out of a hundred: 阳性百分比（即某一疾病的所有测试结果呈阳性的数量，以百分比表示）
A high percent positive means that more testing should probably be done.阳性百分比高意味着可能应该做更多的测试。
The higher the percent positive is, the more concerning it is.阳性百分比越高，就越令人担忧。
The laboratory test percent positive goes down when more people tested are negative.
A low percent positive simply means that the level of coronavirus transmission, relative to the amount of testing, is low at this point in time.
Expanded testing does not always reduce the percent positive when there is widespread transmission; it may reveal more people who are infected.
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