Covid-19 antibodies found in 86.64% of Mumbai residents


According to a survey by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, 86.64% of Mumbai residents have found Covid-19 antibodies.

Woman doing the Covid test

The study covers all 24 districts of Mumbai. (PTI)

BMC (Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation) announced the results of the recent fifth sero survey.

The most significant finding is that Covid-19 antibodies were found in 86.64% of the residents. Significantly, the data do not show a large difference in seroprevalence in the slum population (87.02%) and the non-slum population (86.22%).

Likewise, the seroprevalence in women is 88.29%, while it is 85.07% in men.

The study covers all 24 districts of Mumbai. 20% of the samples were from healthcare workers with a seroprevalence of 87.14%.

Almost 65% of the study participants had received Covid-19 vaccines and 35% had not.

The seroprevalence in partially and fully vaccinated participants is 90.26%.

The sero prevalence among the non-vaccinated is 79.86%.

The BMC conducted the survey between August 12 and September 8, considering the possibility of the third wave of Covid.

Prior to this survey, the BMC conducted three sero-surveillance studies for Covid-19 and one for the pediatric population.

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