ICMR COVID-19 Sero-Survey Says 6.4 Million Likely To Be Infected In May

In May, India could have had as many as 6.4 million infections of COVID-19, according to the findings of  the Indian Council of Medical Research's sero-survey published on Thursday. 

Conducted between May 11 and June 4, the sero-prevalence showed that 0.73% of the surveyed 28,000 people from the 700 villages in 70 districts from the 21 states had been exposed to the virus and had developed antibodies. Males as well as people living in urban slums were seen to have increased chances of seropositivity.