Nearly one-quarter of Delhi infected with coronavirus, survey reveals

‘The bad news is that there is still three-quarters of the population that is susceptible,’ epidemiologist tells Adam Withnall in Delhi

Health worker collects swab samples for coronavirus in New Delhi (EPA)

Experts are calling for urgent further study after a survey found almost a quarter of all people in Delhi have been infected with coronavirus.

The serological survey was carried out by the Delhi government and India’s National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), and saw a sample of more than 21,000 people across the capital’s districts tested.

It found that 23.48 per cent of those surveyed had been infected, dropping to 22.86 per cent when adjusted for false positives and negatives, NCDC chief Dr Sujeet Kumar Singh told reporters at a press conference on Tuesday.