Finally...some data from serological population survey.
The first study has revealed that as high as 1/3rd of the population in many containment areas in hotspot cities may have already been infected by the virus and quietly recovered.
newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/ju… (via @samirsaran)
The first study has revealed that as high as 1/3rd of the population in many containment areas in hotspot cities may have already been infected by the virus and quietly recovered.
newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/ju… (via @samirsaran)
"@ICMRDELHI, with help from the National Centre for Disease Control, World Health Organisation's India office and the state governments had collected nearly 24,000 samples from 70 districts in the country from randomly picked individuals."
"These included ten hotspot cities Mumbai, Ahmadabad, Pune, Delhi, Kolkata, Indore, Thane, Jaipur, Chennai and Surat that contribute nearly 70 % of India's total caseload. 500 samples each were collected from 10 randomly chosen containment areas in each of these cities."
"Barring two hotspot cities Surat and Kolkata and six other districts, we now have results from all other sites and it shows that infection size in many containment areas in the worst-hit districts is 100-fold to 200-fold higher than the cases reported at those sites.."
"Another official said that sites, where infection size is 100 to 200 times higher, are mainly in Mumbai, Pune, Delhi, Ahmedabad and Indore."
newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/ju…
newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/ju…
