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Jun 23, 2020 • 12 tweets • 4 min read
#CovidToday for #Delhi
Delhi has 3x its testing capacity from 6000 to 18000 tests per day. 👏 However, most of this increase comes from the new rapid antigen tests, which have much lower sensitivity. This has important implications.
A thread analyzing Delhi’s testing.. 1/n
The rapid ag test has a sensitivity of 50-84% (image, ICMR). Even if we assume it to be 70%, and considering this sens is calculated by comparing to RTPCR, it is 30% lower than the earlier done 6000 PCR/day. 2/n