Track COVID-19 Exposure In High-Risk Populations: Top Medical Body To States
The sero-survey would be conducted using an IgG ELISA kit. (File)
New Delhi:
The top health research body, ICMR, has advised states to conduct sero-survey to assess the proportion of population including asymptomatic individuals exposed to coronavirus infection.
A sero-survey involves testing of blood serum of a group of individuals for the presence of antibodies against that infection to know who has been infected in the past and has now recovered.
Depending upon the level of sero-prevalence of infection, appropriate public health interventions can be planned and implemented for prevention and control of the disease, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said.
The health research body has suggested that the blood serum samples of high risk or vulnerable populations like health care workers, frontline workers, immune-compromised individuals, individuals in containment zones, police personnel among others should be tested for COVID-19 antibodies.
The ICMR is simultaneously is conducting a sero-survey to estimate the prevalence of community transmission of the infection among the Indian population.
People from 70 districts will be tested for COVID-19 at random to check whether they have developed antibodies against the infection even though they remained asymptomatic, an ICMR official said.
“The findings could be released by next week end,” he said.
In its advice to the states, the ICMR said periodic sero-surveys are useful to guide the policy makers and stressed that IgG ELISA test should be used for carrying out such surveys.
Antibodies generally start appearing after two weeks of onset of infection, once the individual has recovered, and last for several months.
“Therefore, the IgG test is not useful for detecting acute infection but indicates episode of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the past.
“The-PCR test is considered gold standard frontline test for clinical diagnosis of COVID19. The test is useful only when performed in the acute stage of infection (< 7 days). For several viral infections, antibody tests are useful for disease detection after 5-7 days of illness,” the body said in statement.
In an attempt to decide the future course of action against the pandemic, ICMR has communicated a detailed plan to all the states to measure coronavirus exposure in general population as well as in high-risk populations.
“Such sero-survey will guide appropriate public health intervention,” it said.
The ICMR listed immuno-compromised patients like people living with HIV, patients on immuno-suppressive treatment, SARI, patients on dialysis among others and individuals in containment zones and buffer zones and healthcare workers be considered for testing.
Security personnel, police personnel and volunteers involved in duties facing a large number of individuals or those coming in contact with potentially infected individuals, fomites or places should be tested for the presence of antibodies against the coronavirus infection.
Besides, the ICMR has also suggested testing press reporters, migrant workers who have travelled back from urban and peri-urban areas to rural, tribal, hard to reach areas in the country as well as natives after coming in contact with returned migrants, industrial workers or labour force, farmers, vendors visiting large markets, municipal staff working in areas like sanitation, water supply, electricity, etc. where interactions with citizens is expected.
Drivers of hospital ambulances, hearse, buses, auto, taxies, etc. who have been on work facing a large number of individuals, bus conductors, cleaners and helping staff also should be included, it said.
People working in banks, couriers, telecom offices, shop, air travel related staff, all members of overseas operations and people staying or working in slums with very high population density with poorly ventilated buildings, those staying in institutional settings like old age homes, orphanage, asylums, shelters for homeless, hostels and prisons should be considered for testing.
The sero-survey would be conducted using an IgG ELISA kit.
Scientists at ICMR-National Institute of Virology, Pune have developed and validated an indigenous IgG ELISA test for antibody detection for SARS-CoV-2.
The test has undergone intense validation in three stages and has been found to have high sensitivity and specificity, the ICMR said.
To fast track production and increase availability of the IgG ELISA test, ICMR has transferred this technology to many pharma companies like Zydus Cadila, J Mitra and Company, Meril Diagnostics, Voxtur Bio, Trivitron Healthcare, Karwah Enterprises, Avecon Healthcare, etc.
The technology has been transferred to various entities without exclusivity clause and therefore can be further shared with others as per demand and capability, the health research body said.
World
59,31,293Cases
30,70,367Active
24,95,901Recovered
3,65,025Deaths
Coronavirus has spread to 188 countries. The total confirmed cases worldwide are 59,31,293 and 3,65,025 have died; 30,70,367 are active cases and 24,95,901 have recovered as on May 30, 2020 at 12:29 pm.
India
1,73,763 7964Cases
86,422 -3565Active
82,370 11264Recovered
4,971 265Deaths
In India, there are 1,73,763 confirmed cases including 4,971 deaths. The number of active cases is 86,422 and 82,370 have recovered as on May 30, 2020 at 8:00 am.
State & District Details
| State | Cases | Active | Recovered | Deaths |
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DistrictCases Akola547 Aurangabad1468 Dhule130 Jalgaon599 Mumbai37302 Mumbai Suburban3510 Nagpur507 Nashik1152 Palghar872 Pune7668 Satara489 Solapur821 Thane9964 Yavatmal120 Ahmednagar95 Amravati214 Beed45 Bhandara29 Buldhana59 Chandrapur26 Hingoli143 Jalna131 Kolhapur425 Latur120 Nanded118 Nandurbar34 Parbhani56 Raigad1089 Ratnagiri239 Sangli110 Gadchiroli32 gondia62 Osmanabad69 Sindhudurg31 Wardha8 Washim11 |
62228 2682 |
33133 |
26997 8381 |
2098 116 |
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DistrictCases Chittoor258 Guntur412 Krishna478 Kurnool700 Sri Potti Sriramulu Nell*168 Anantapur344 East Godavari210 Prakasam67 Srikakulam135 Visakhapatnam78 West Godavari127 Y.S.R.160 Vizianagaram17 |
3436 185 |
1150 83 |
2226 101 |
60 1 |
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DistrictCases Bengaluru Rural16 Bengaluru Urban337 Mysuru103 Bagalkote83 Ballari48 Belagavi183 Bidar134 Chikkaballapura136 Dakshina Kannada109 Dharwad48 Gadag37 Kalaburagi272 Mandya265 Tumakuru36 Uttara Kannada81 Vijayapura114 Chamarajanagara0 Chikkamagaluru12 Chitradurga11 Davangere151 Hassan146 Haveri16 Kodagu4 Kolar24 Koppal4 Raichur136 Ramanagara2 Shivamogga36 Udupi148 Yadgir245 |
2781 248 |
1839 187 |
894 60 |
48 1 |
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DistrictCases North Goa39 South Goa25 |
69 |
28 |
41 3 |
0 |
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DistrictCases Chengalpattu689 Chennai13843 Kanchipuram339 Madurai276 Namakkal94 Ranipet102 Thanjavur126 Thiruvallur562 Thiruvarur51 Tiruppur115 Vellore44 Virudhunagar145 Ariyalur415 Coimbatore168 Cuddalore446 Dharmapuri8 Dindigul140 Erode70 Kallakurichi282 Kanniyakumari71 Karur81 Nagapattinam65 Perambalur124 Pudukkottai33 Ramanathapuram86 Salem198 Sivaganga39 Tenkasi85 The Nilgiris16 Theni115 Tiruchirappalli87 Tirunelveli377 Tirupathur31 Tiruvannamalai347 Tuticorin192 Villupuram466 Krishnagiri29 |
20246 874 |
8779 100 |
11313 765 |
154 9 |
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DistrictCases Kannur276 Kottayam54 Alappuzha42 Idukki29 Kasaragod276 Kollam62 Kozhikode64 Malappuram70 Palakkad142 Pathanamthitta49 Thiruvananthapuram57 Thrissur54 Ernakulam48 Wayanad30 |
1150 62 |
577 51 |
565 10 |
8 1 |
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DistrictCases Raipur12 Korba41 Balod24 Baloda Bazar14 Balrampur9 Bastar0 Bemetara13 Bijapur1 Bilaspur49 Dantewada0 Dhamtari3 Durg12 Gariyaband5 Janjgir-Champa15 Jashpur16 Kabirdham13 Kanker12 Kondagaon0 Korea9 Mahasamund1 Mungeli81 Narayanpur0 Raigarh14 Rajnandgaon35 Sukma0 Surajpur8 Surguja7 |
415 16 |
314 |
100 17 |
1 1 |
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DistrictCases Hyderabad1665 MedchalMalkajgiri47 Ranga Reddy112 Suryapet85 Vikarabad38 Warangal Urban30 Adilabad22 Jagitial64 Jangoan7 Jayashankar Bhupalapally9 Jogulamba Gadwal41 Kamareddy10 Karimnagar11 Khammam13 Kumuram Bheem Asifabad6 Mahabubnagar19 Mancherial34 Medak7 Nalgonda23 Narayanpet2 Nirmal21 Nizamabad74 RajannaSircilla12 Sangareddy18 Bhadradri Kothagudem4 Mahabubabad10 Mulugu3 Nagarkurnool5 Peddapalli3 Siddipet5 Wanaparthy0 Warangal Rural3 YadadriBhuvanagiri36 |
2425 169 |
973 129 |
1381 36 |
71 4 |
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DistrictCases Baleshwar143 Bhadrak111 Jajapur245 Dhenkanal19 Kalahandi25 Kendrapara71 Khordha132 Koraput8 Sundargarh56 Anugul21 Balangir69 Bargarh2 Boudh33 Cuttack92 Deogarh32 Gajapati34 Ganjam409 Jagatsinghapur55 Jharsuguda7 Kandhamal15 Kendujhar20 Malkangiri18 Mayurbhanj19 Nabarangpur2 Nayagarh66 Nuapada30 Puri88 Rayagada0 Sambalpur8 Sonepur5 |
1723 63 |
829 63 |
887 |
7 |
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DistrictCases Barwani43 Bhopal1511 Dewas96 Dhar125 East Nimar242 Gwalior133 Indore3464 Jabalpur236 Ujjain743 Agar Malwa13 Alirajpur3 Betul23 Burhanpur301 Chhindwara9 Dindori19 Harda4 Hoshangabad37 Khargone123 Mandsaur111 Morena89 Raisen68 Ratlam31 Sagar165 Shajapur10 Shandol9 Sheopur7 Tikamgarh9 Vidisha25 Anuppur5 Ashoknagar12 Balaghat8 Bhind57 Chhatarpur18 Damoh19 Datia9 Guna4 Jhabua14 Katni2 Mandla13 Narsinghpur10 Neemuch162 Niwari0 Panna11 Rajgarh10 Rewa40 Satna25 Sehore9 Seoni2 Shivpuri10 Sidhi13 Singrauli11 Umaria6 |
7645 192 |
3042 |
4269 219 |
334 13 |
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DistrictCases Ahmadabad13038 Anand102 Arvalli115 Banas Kantha113 Bhavnagar125 Gandhinagar255 PanchMahals82 Surat1650 Vadodara1036 Bharuch42 Botad55 Chhotaudepur32 Dang3 Dohad39 GirSomnath46 Jamnagar53 Kachchh72 Kheda76 Mahesana102 Mahisagar122 Narmada18 Naysari27 Patan83 Rajkot112 SabarKantha93 Surendranagar35 Tapi6 Valsad33 Amreli10 DevbhumiDwarka11 Junagadh28 Morbi4 Porbandar9 |
15934 372 |
6343 |
8611 608 |
980 20 |
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DistrictCases Ajmer349 Banswara103 Bharatpur131 Jaipur1968 Jhalawar250 Jodhpur1343 Kota436 Nagaur443 Alwar56 Barmer22 Bhilwara196 Bikaner108 Chittorgarh221 Churu24 Dausa50 Dholpur33 Dungarpur287 Hanumangarh29 Jaisalmer48 Jhunjhunu64 Karauli12 Pali199 Rajsamand110 SawaiMadhopur23 Sikar69 Tonk169 Udaipur644 Baran8 Bundi1 Ganganagar8 Jalore97 Pratapgarh13 Sirohi79 |
8365 298 |
2937 |
5244 427 |
184 4 |
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DistrictCases Faridabad378 Sonipat206 Ambala54 Bhiwani14 CharkiDadri15 Fatehabad18 Gurugram1302 Hisar34 Jhajjar123 Jind30 Kaithal17 Karnal49 Kurukshetra28 Nuh69 Palwal46 Panchkula47 Panipat61 Rohtak35 Sirsa9 Yamunanagar9 Mahendragarh39 Rewari24 |
1721 217 |
762 158 |
940 59 |
19 |
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DistrictCases Agra905 Aligarh146 Amroha66 Bareilly15 Bijnor93 Bulandshahr112 Firozabad173 Gautam Buddha Nagar631 Kanpur Nagar258 Lucknow304 Mathura97 Meerut425 Moradabad214 Muzaffarnagar81 Rae Bareli76 Rampur179 Saharanpur264 Sant Kabeer Nagar83 Varanasi178 Auraiya24 Ayodhya97 Azamgarh71 Baghpat26 Bahraich65 Balrampur36 Banda25 Basti148 Bhadohi32 Budaun21 Etah31 Etawah38 Ghaziabad511 Ghazipur111 Gonda43 Gorakhpur80 Hapur152 Hardoi37 Jalaun40 Jaunpur162 Jhansi39 Kannauj47 Kasganj6 Kaushambi4 Mainpuri24 Mau20 Mirzapur21 Pilibhit14 Pratapgarh10 Prayagraj14 Sambhal84 Shamli30 Shravasti24 Sitapur29 Sultanpur81 Unnao22 Ambedkar Nagar67 Amethi131 Ballia39 Barabanki147 Chandauli32 Chitrakoot4 Deoria72 Farrukhabad29 Fatehpur1 Hamirpur3 Hathras24 Kanpur Dehat4 Kheri62 Kushi Nagar20 Lalitpur2 Maharajganj48 Mahoba1 Shahjahanpur18 Siddharth Nagar102 Sonbhadra5 |
7284 114 |
2842 84 |
4244 29 |
198 1 |
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DistrictCases Central3263 East1214 New Delhi2573 North2258 North East1157 North West3169 Shahdara1067 South1309 South East1439 South West1468 West2682 |
17386 1105 |
9142 672 |
7846 351 |
398 82 |
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DistrictCases Dhubri15 Goalpara14 Marigaon26 Baksa3 Barpeta10 Biswanath3 Bongaigaon8 Cachar56 Charaideo13 Chirang5 Darrang6 Dhemaji13 Dibrugarh6 Dima Hasao8 Golaghat137 Hailakandi18 Hojai76 Jorhat11 Kamrup23 Kamrup Metro232 KarbiAnglong14 Karimganj42 Kokrajhar3 Lakhimpur30 Majuli1 Nagaon55 Nalbari21 Sivasagar8 Sonitpur19 South SalmaraMancachar4 Tinsukia32 Udalguri4 West KarbiAnglong0 |
1024 168 |
895 147 |
125 21 |
4 |
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DistrictCases East District0 North District0 South District1 West District0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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DistrictCases Buxar133 Gaya71 Munger160 Patna229 Rohtas255 Arwal40 Aurangabad60 Banka89 Begusarai160 Bhagalpur144 Bhojpur95 Darbhanga103 Gopalganj102 Jehanabad158 Kaimur (bhabua)71 Lakhisarai43 Madhepura61 Madhubani175 Nalanda94 Nawada74 PurbiChamparan102 Purnia59 Saran54 Siwan72 Vaishali78 Araria42 Jamui34 Katihar119 Khagaria132 Kishanganj35 Muzaffarpur60 Pashchim Champaran49 Saharsa65 Samastipur80 Sheikhpura94 Sheohar9 Sitamarhi49 Supaul51 |
3376 80 |
2150 80 |
1211 |
15 |
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DistrictCases 24 Paraganas North620 24 Paraganas South177 Darjeeling22 Howrah1054 Jalpaiguri14 Kalimpong7 Kolkata2020 Maldah150 Medinipur East102 Medinipur West32 Hooghly267 Murshidabad85 Nadia90 Paschim Bardhaman47 Purba Bardhaman83 Alipurduar6 Bankura35 Birbhum130 Coochbehar39 Dinajpur Dakshin7 Dinajpur Uttar161 Jhargram9 Purulia11 |
4813 277 |
2736 163 |
1775 107 |
302 7 |
|
DistrictCases South Andamans33 Nicobars1 North And Middle Andaman1 |
33 |
0 |
33 |
0 |
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DistrictCases Pondicherry54 Karaikal2 Mahe4 Yanam0 |
51 |
37 |
14 |
0 |
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DistrictCases Anjaw0 Changlang0 Dibang Valley0 East Kameng0 East Siang0 Kamle0 KraDaadi0 KurungKumey0 Leparada0 Lohit1 Longding0 Lower Dibang Valley0 Lower Siang0 Lower Subansiri0 Namsai0 PakkeKessang1 Papum Pare2 Shi Yomi0 Siang0 Tawang0 Tirap0 Upper Siang0 Upper Subansiri0 West Kameng0 West Siang0 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
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DistrictCases Dimapur3 Kiphire0 Kohima0 Longleng0 Mokokchung0 Mon0 Peren0 Phek0 Tuensang2 Wokha0 Zunheboto0 |
25 7 |
25 7 |
0 |
0 |
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DistrictCases Dadra And Nagar Haveli3 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
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DistrictCases Ranchi139 Bokaro17 Deoghar5 Dhanbad16 Garhwa58 Giridih17 Hazaribagh55 Jamtara3 Koderma32 Simdega10 Chatra2 Dumka3 East Singhbum46 Godda2 Gumla18 Khunti3 Latehar10 Lohardaga4 Pakur4 Palamu19 Ramgarh18 Sahebganj0 SaraikelaKharsawan4 West Singhbhum15 |
511 42 |
290 37 |
216 4 |
5 1 |
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DistrictCases Gomati30 North Tripura7 Dhalai171 Khowai13 Sepahijala10 South Tripura6 Unakoti2 West Tripura10 |
251 9 |
80 5 |
171 4 |
0 |
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DistrictCases Kargil57 LehLadakh35 |
74 1 |
31 1 |
43 |
0 |
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DistrictCases Anantnag259 Bandipora142 Shopian115 Srinagar203 Baramulla137 Budgam71 Ganderbal27 Jammu54 Kathua37 Kulgam190 Kupwara164 Rajouri14 Ramban71 Reasi14 Samba16 Udhampur63 Mirpur0 Muzaffarabad0 Doda2 Kishtwar4 Poonch17 Pulwama44 |
2164 128 |
1261 111 |
875 16 |
28 1 |
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DistrictCases Chamba20 Hamirpur98 Kangra73 Sirmaur4 Solan25 Una32 Bilaspur18 Kinnaur0 Kullu2 Lahaul And Spiti0 Mandi13 Shimla8 |
295 19 |
203 2 |
87 17 |
5 |
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DistrictCases Jalandhar263 Ludhiana247 Patiala124 Amritsar381 Barnala24 Faridkot70 Firozepur50 Gurdaspur143 Hoshiarpur120 Kapurthala41 Mansa32 Moga65 Pathankot47 S.A.S Nagar122 Sangrur106 Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar (Nawanshahr)95 Sri Muktsar Sahib68 Tarn Taran174 Bathinda52 Fatehgarh Sahib48 Fazilka50 Rupnagar (Ropar)63 |
2197 39 |
206 34 |
1949 3 |
42 2 |
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DistrictCases Haridwar36 Dehradun165 Nainital189 Almora69 Bageshwar18 Chamoli18 Champawat10 PauriGarhwal20 Pithoragarh22 Rudraprayag21 Tehri Garhwal63 Udam Singh Nagar62 Uttar Kashi14 |
716 216 |
609 192 |
102 23 |
5 1 |
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DistrictCases Bishnupur0 Chandel2 Churachandpur20 Imphal East4 Imphal West6 Jiribam0 Kakching0 Kamjong3 Kangpokpi2 Noney0 Pherzawl0 Senapati1 Tamenglong0 Tengnoupal2 Thoubal1 Ukhrul0 |
59 4 |
51 1 |
8 3 |
0 |
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DistrictCases Chandigarh290 |
289 1 |
96 1 |
189 |
4 |
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DistrictCases East Khasi Hills18 East Garo Hills0 East Jaintia Hills0 North Garo Hills1 Ribhoi0 South Garo Hills0 South West Garo Hills3 South West Khasi Hills0 West Garo Hills3 West Jaintia Hills0 West Khasi Hills0 |
27 6 |
14 6 |
12 |
1 |
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DistrictCases Aizawl1 Champhai0 Hnahthial0 Khawzawl0 Kolasib0 Lawngtlai0 Lunglei0 Mamit0 Saiha0 Saitual0 Serchhip0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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DistrictCases Lakshadweep District0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
