covid-19 in Indian Council of Medical Research’s (ICMR) third national seroprevalence survey. The survey also showed that large proportion of the population still remains vulnerable.Dr Balram Bhargava, Director General of ICMR who released findings of the survey on Thursday said that the prevalence of infection was found amongst 25.7% of healthcare workers.
The third national sero-survey was conducted before vaccination started, in the period between December 17, 2020 to January 8, 2021, the ICMR chief said.“Overall seroprevalence is 21.5% of the population, which includes 31.7 % of urban slums, 26.2% of urban non-slum and 19.1% of rural (19.1%) areas.