Delhi : City’s popn with Covid antibodies rises to 29%

Alok K N Mishra & Sidhartha Roy

New Delhi: The second serological survey conducted across Delhi has revealed that the prevalence of Covid-19 antibodies has gone up to 29.1% of the population, up from 23.5% in the first survey. This means that over 58 lakh of the two crore population of Delhi has been infected with the coronavirus and has recovered successfully. Their risk of getting infected again is now low.

This time the survey was conducted by the Delhi government in association with Maulana Azad Medical College. State health minister Satyendar Jain said the result was a good sign and added that a third serological survey will be conducted in the capital from September 1. Another will follow in October.

An average of 25% growth in antibodies was found as compared to the last sero survey. The prevalence was higher in women (32.2%) than men (28.3%). The highest prevalence was among people below 18 years (34.7%) and lowest in the 18-49 age-group (28.5%).