Around 6.6 lakh people in Hyderabad (around 6.6 percent of the total population) may have been infected with COVID-19 in just the last 35 days and at present, the city might be home to about 2.6 lakh active cases -- and these are just conservative estimates.
This has been revealed in a study by the Hyderabad-based Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) and Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), which conducted COVID-19 surveillance in the city by testing sewage samples collected from various Sewage Treatment Plants.
This finding highlights that the actual number of people infected by COVID-19 is many times higher than the number of cases being reported after people develop symptoms and get tested
Around 6.6 lakh people in Hyderabad (around 6.6 percent of the total population) may have been infected with COVID-19 in just the last 35 days and at present, the city might be home to about 2.6 lakh active cases -- and these are just conservative estimates.
This has been revealed in a study by the Hyderabad-based Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) and Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), which conducted COVID-19 surveillance in the city by testing sewage samples collected from various Sewage Treatment Plants.
This finding highlights that the actual number of people infected by COVID-19 is many times higher than the number of cases being reported after people develop symptoms and get tested
CCMB Director, Dr Rakesh Mishra, explained, “Our finding clearly indicates that a large proportion of the affected individuals are asymptomatic and did not need hospitalization. This is also in agreement with the observation that hospitalization or mortality is way lower than otherwise expected with such large infection rates at a given time. It explains why our healthcare system has been able to handle reasonably well the situation during the pandemic."
He added, "Such studies if carried out in coordination with civic bodies to identify the hotspots in the city and monitor the dynamics of the infection rate can assist the system in taking necessary measures.” Indian Express
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