More than 60 million Indians may have caught coronavirus: study

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More than 60 million people in India – 10 times the official figure – could have contracted the novel coronavirus, said the Indian Council of Medical Research.

According to official data India, home to 1.3 billion people, is the world's second most infected nation, with more than 6.1 million cases, just behind the United States.

"The main conclusions from this sero-survey are that one in 15 individuals aged more than 10 have been exposed to SARS-CoV-2 by August," Indian Council of Medical Research director-general Balram Bhargava said at a health ministry press conference. The blood tests were collected from just over 29,000 people in 21 states or territories between mid-August and mid-September.

Other antibody studies conducted in the capital New Delhi and financial hub Mumbai have suggested more infections than the official numbers say.

 

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