A serological survey conducted in Bhubaneswar by the Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC) has, in its interim report, stated that an average of 1.42 per cent of people in the State capital city have created antibody against coronavirus.
This means that they have been infected with the virus without knowledge and got cured automatically without undergoing treatment.
If the total population in Bhubaneswar is 10 lakh, around 14,200 residents have been recovered from Covid-19 so far, according to the interim report. They did neither develop Covid-19 symptoms nor undergo any test to detect infection.
The ICMR, Bhubaneswar unit had conducted a serological survey to indentify the prevalence of Covid-19 in the population as well as antibodies developed in them. Out of 951 samples collected for the test, 15 were found sero-positive.
However, the report contradicts to Covid-19 data shared by Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC). As per BMC report, total 1,343 infected persons detected in Bhubaneswar so far, of which 724 have recovered.
On the contrary, the RMRC serological survey interim report showed that around 1,285 persons infected with the deadly virus have recovered in the city so far.