If Florida and the UFC hoped the percentage of positive COVID-19 tests would drop ahead of UFC 261, that hope went unrealized. In fact, the percentage of positive COVID-19 tests has increased since late March.
Per Johns Hopkins, the percent positive number is important because:
The percent positive is exactly what it sounds like: the percentage of all coronavirus tests performed that are actually positive, or: (positive tests)/(total tests) x 100%. The percent positive (sometimes called the “percent positive rate” or “positivity rate”) helps public health officials answer questions such as:
What is the current level of SARS-CoV-2 (coronavirus) transmission in the community?