Over 28% Delhi residents exposed to coronavirus: second serosurvey
The second round of serosurvey conducted in Delhi during the first week of August showed 28.35 per cent population had antibodies for coronavirus , a press statement by Delhi government said. The first survey done in the June-July period by the National Centre for Disease Control had shown approximately 23 per cent of the capital’s people were exposed to the coronavirus. Two more rounds of serosurvey are scheduled in first week of September and October. A gender analysis of 12,598 subjects in the follow-up survey showed that 28.3 per cent of males and 32.2 per cent of female exhibited the covid antibodies. Age wise breakup of seroprevalence showed nearly 35 per cent of those with antibodies were less than 18 years of age. Around 29 per cent were in the age bracket 18 to 49 while 31 per cent were above 50 years of age. Serosurvey involves collection of blood samples from a group of individuals to check them for antibodies for covid. If the test is positive it shows that the per