India
pti-Madhuri Adnal
New Delhi, Jan 25: The fifth sero-prevalence survey in the national capital has found that 50 to 60 per cent of the sampled population in one of 11 districts has developed antibodies against COVID-19, an indication that Delhi’s population could be heading towards herd immunity, official sources said on Monday.
If extrapolated for the entire city, the survey would suggest that more than one crore Delhi residents, about half its population, were infected at one point and developed antibodies. The official count of infections is 6.34 lakh. Samples of over 25,000 people from various districts across the city were collected for the survey, which ended a few days ago, the sources said.
The city’s population is over two crore, spread across 11 districts. Delhi could possibly be among the first few cities in the country whose large segment of population might be on road to attaining herd…