Summary:
The third round of the nationwide sero survey conducted by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has shown a rise in exposure to the COVID virus among the population of Simdega, Latehar, and Pakur districts within 90 days.
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The third round of the nationwide sero survey conducted by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has shown a rise in exposure to the COVID virus among the population of Simdega, Latehar, and Pakur districts within 90 days.
The findings of the survey, conducted in December, was released last week.
It showed that of the 400 people sampled in Simdega, 17% had been exposed to the deadly virus.
Likewise, 15.87% of the 397 people sampled in Pakur showed the presence of Covid antibodies.
In Latehar, 12.06% (48) of the 398 people showed the presence of antibodies.
The numbers have increased from the previous sero survey, for which samples were collected between July and August last year.
In the previous survey, the prevalence of antibodies for Covid was found among 10% of all the people sampled in Pakur, 2.7% in Latehar and 1.2% in Simdega.
In the first sero survey, conducted between May and June last year, only 0.75% of the people tested had Covid 19 antibodies in the three districts.
The high sero-prevalence comes even as Pakur (903), Simdega (2,050) and Latehar (1,957) reported 4,910 Covid 19 cases till Monday night, making up a mere 4.12% of the total cases (1,19,017) cases reported in Jharkhand since March 31 last year.