Andhra Pradesh: ‘59% found to have Covid antibodies in sero-survey’

The recentsero-surveyconducted by the Andhra Pradesh Health department in April has found that nearly 59% of those surveyed had developedantibodiesagainst Covid-19.
Of the 46,991Covid-19 samplesextracted from the general Population, 27,869

samples turned out to be positive for antibodies. According to experts, this can be corroborated by the fact that the state recorded a 25-30% case positivity rate for several days in the second wave.

The urban population was found to be more exposed to the disease than their rural counterparts. While the survey projected antibodies against the Sars-CoV-2 virus in about 62% urban males and 66% urban females, it was 56.1% in rural males and 57.6% in rural females.

The sero conversion rate in the three different vaccinated groups is over 77%. The officials conducted the survey on nearly 6,300 people who have already received two vaccine doses.
Altogether, 78.8% of the samples taken from rural females in West Godavari turned to be positive for the novel coronavirus. Similarly, 78.5% of the urban female study subjects were found to have developed antibodies against the disease in Chittoor district.

The earlier state-wide sero survey conducted by the AP health department, in two phases, found that about 20% of the 5.4 crore population

of the state developed antibodies for the SARS-CoV-2, the Covid-19 causing virus.