Positivity rate close to 30 percent this week Dec. 30, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail COVID testing continues 11/28/2020 at Midland Memorial Hospital West Campus. Tim Fischer/Reporter-TelegramTim Fischer/Midland Reporter-Telegram The positivity rate for COVID at Midland Health testing sites is on pace to be the highest since August. Midland Health on its website Wednesday reported that 29.8 percent of the 551 people who have tested this week for COVID-19 tested positive. The highest positivity rate for a week since August took place during the week of Nov. 28 when 28.1 percent of the 1,399 people tested positive. Last week, 26.2 percent of the 1,173 people tested positive. That positivity rate was the second highest since August.