Nearly half of COVID constructive circumstances lined in a survey went unreported in April as many individuals opted for house antigen testing, LocalCircles claimed.
The survey performed by LocalCircles claimed that 42 per cent of Delhi-NCR residents that had signs and took a COVID check within the final 30 days solely took the self speedy antigen check.
Only one in three respondents lined within the survey from Delhi-NCR took an RT-PCR check within the final 30 days, whereas the bulk opted for at-home antigen testing pointing to a large undercounting of day by day caseloads, the survey contended.
The survey obtained 16,000 responses from residents from throughout the districts of Delhi-NCR.
Over 62 per cent respondents had been male whereas 38 per cent had been feminine.
“Residents of Delhi and NCR cities of Gurugram, Noida, Ghaziabad, and Faridabad have been writing on LocalCircles how most people in their family, friends are just opting for the at-home antigen test and not even taking the RT-PCR test anymore,” it stated.
“Positives from these at-home tests are not reported anywhere and the government data do not count them in official case figures,” the LocalCircles claimed.
The query within the survey requested, “In the last 1 month when you or family members had some symptoms and needed a COVID test (non travel), what type of test did you undertake?” In response, seven per cent stated “RT-PCR several times”, one other seven per cent stated “RT-PCR once/twice”.
Eleven per cent stated “Rapid Antigen Test multiple times”, and 7 per cent stated “Rapid Antigen Test once/twice”.
Fifty-seven per cent of the respondents, or 9,608, stated they didn’t take any check in final one month.
Data from the 7,248 people who confirmed taking the COVID check confirmed that 17 per cent of them took “RT-PCR several times”, and 16 per cent took “RT-PCR once/twice”.
Twenty-six per cent took “Rapid Antigen Test multiple times”, and 16 per cent took “Rapid Antigen Test once/twice”.
Around 16 per cent took “Mainly Rapid Antigen Test and RT-PCR test once/twice”, whereas 9 per cent couldn’t say which check was taken by them.
“With the 42 per cent Delhi-NCR residents who took the at home rapid antigen test post symptoms not being in the official numbers, they are clearly understated by that much,” LocalCircles claimed.
Source: www.financialexpress.com”