Decline in malaria test positivity rates following capacity building and archiving of malaria rapid diagnostic test cassettes in Oyo State, Nigeria: a retrospective review of records

Table 5 Number of persons with fever, number of fever cases tested and test positivity rate from January 2021 to December 2022 in 17 selected secondary health facilities in Oyo State

Period	Number of Persons with fever	Persons with fever < 5 years	Persons with fever ≥ 5 years (including PW)	Total number Persons presenting with fever & tested by RDT or Microscopy	Total number Persons presenting with fever & tested by Microscopy	TPR (%)	TPR < 5 years (%)	TPR ≥ 5years (including PW) (%)
Jan-21	2459	488	1971	2193	1280	53	59	51
Feb-21	1814	345	1469	1651	1082	43	56	39
Mar-21	2450	415	2035	2340	1375	42	58	38
Apr-21	3044	694	2350	2892	1924	38	50	35
May-21	3187	769	2418	3058	1502	41	41	40
Jun-21	4182	830	3352	3952	2310	51	60	49
Jul-21	5276	1479	3797	5584	3930	41	43	41
Aug-21	5908	1205	4703	5748	3570	43	42	44
Sep-21	5076	1062	4014	5071	3076	50	44	51
Oct-21	3547	972	2575	3499	2680	40	32	42
Nov-21	3791	840	2951	3759	2965	34	41	32
Dec-21	5149	1143	4006	5099	2789	29	30	29
Jan-22	3871	922	2949	3860	2164	25	29	24
Feb-22	3574	1276	2298	3513	2106	25	21	27
Mar-22	4292	1246	3046	4160	2599	21	21	21
Apr-22	4135	1048	3087	4082	2261	24	24	25
May-22	5073	1134	3939	4908	2780	31	28	31
Jun-22	5785	1478	4307	5660	2799	26	28	25
Jul-22	5681	1078	4603	5720	2798	29	30	28
Aug-22	4922	958	3964	4789	2455	27	30	27
Sep-22	4276	727	3549	4302	2298	20	24	20
Oct-22	4974	I069	3905	4759	2392	24	25	24
Nov-22	4933	1432	3501	4736	2529	29	31	28
Dec-22	4697	1088	3609	4571	1902	18	18	18
Total	102,096	23,698	78,398	99,906	57,566

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