Almost a quarter of people in New Delhi have had the coronavirus, according to a study that cast serious doubt on the official numbers both in the megacity and across India.
India last week became the third country after the United States and Brazil to hit one million cases but many experts have long said that with testing rates low, the true number could be much higher.
Blood tests on 21,387 randomly selected people across Delhi conducted by the National Center for Disease Control found that 23.48 percent of them had IgG antibodies – indicating past exposure to the virus.
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Health workers cover the body of a man who died due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), as relatives pay their respects, at a crematorium in New Delhi, India, June 4, 2020. (Reuters)