On September 17, a senior official of the New Delhi City Government stated on the 16th that according to the preliminary results of a serological survey conducted in New Delhi, about 33% of people in New Delhi already carry Covid-19 antibodies, which is higher than the first in August. 29.1% of the week. This means that approximately 6.6 million of the 20 million people in New Delhi have been infected by the Covid-19 virus and have recovered.
The third serological survey in New Delhi collected 17,000 samples from 11 districts in New Delhi. The investigation report has been submitted to the Indian health department and is currently under review.
The survey results are expected to be officially announced next week. In the first survey conducted between June 27 and July 10, the Covid-19 antibody carrying rate in the samples was 22.9%. In August, this proportion rose to 29.1%.