Nearly 45% of the Population in 10 districts of Jharkhand had already been infected by Covid-19 before the second wave of the deadly pandemic struck the state in late March, a seroprevalence survey conducted by the has said.
The seroprevalence survey, conducted by the state department of Health, medical Education and family welfare, in Bokaro, Dhanbad, East Singhbhum, Dumka, Garhwa, Hazaribag, Khunti, Palamu, Ranchi and West Singhbhum has shown that 44.74% of all the people who were screened had Covid-19 antibodies.