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The study analyzed 21,387 blood samples from the Delhi population. 23.48 percent. They were detected with COVID-19 antibodies, indicating that the person was previously infected with the coronavirus, writes cnn.com.
This study, conducted two weeks ago by the National Center for Disease Control in India, suggests that the actual number of infections is much higher than the officially confirmed number.
A total of 125,096 coronavirus cases were reported in Delhi on Wednesday, representing less than one percent of the capital’s total population, which, according to the latest census, is 16.78 million.
However, the study results suggest that around four million people may have been infected with the coronavirus in the first week of July. Delhi residents.
Delhi has been the most affected by all cities in India, with the highest number of coronavirus cases in the country and the highest incidence per capita.
Coronavirus continues to spread rapidly in India, with 37,724 new cases reported in the last day, totaling 1.2 million. It is the third largest in the world after the United States and Brazil.
1,349 new cases of coronavirus were reported in Delhi on Tuesday. At least 3,690 people have died from coronaviruses in the city.
Coronavirus in India
In a press release, the Indian Ministry of Health said the study had shown that a large proportion of people infected with coronavirus did not develop any symptoms.
“After almost six months of the epidemic, only 23.48 percent were infected in Delhi, which has several densely populated areas. Population,” the ministry said.
“This can be seen as the result of the government’s active efforts to prevent the spread of the infection,” the ministry said, citing measures to limit the spread of the virus, such as the rapid introduction of quarantine and contact tracing.
When March 25. Quarantine was introduced in India, with only 606 cases of COVID-19 and 10 deaths recorded in Delhi. However, the numbers began to grow rapidly as the city began easing restrictions in the third week of May to revive the economy. Until June 8. More than 40 thousand have already been registered. cases.
For the first time, the number of daily infections exceeded 45,000.
In India, 45,720 cases of coronavirus infection were detected in the last day. This is the largest daily increase since the beginning of the epidemic in the country.
As reported on Thursday by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the total number of infections registered in the country increased to 1,238,635.
The previous anti-record daily increase in the number of infected people in India was recorded on July 20. and they amounted to 40,425.
According to the ministry, the number of deaths per day increased by 1,129 to 29,861. There are currently 426,167 patients in the country who are diagnosed with the infection.
According to the agency, most infections occur in the state of Maharashtra in western India. To date, 337,607 people have registered there.
According to Johns Hopkins University, India ranks third in the world in terms of the number of infections detected after the United States and Brazil.
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