Updated Feb 23, 2021 | 13:40 IST
The contention that India was inching closer to herd immunity has largely been triggered due to the absence of any plausible or definitive reason why caseloads have dropped so swiftly and consistently.
Representational image. | Photo Credit: PTI
Key Highlights
The third national serosurvey conducted by the ICMR between December 17, 2020, and January 8, 2021, and published on February 4, revealed that only 21.5 per cent of India's population had shown the presence of COVID-19 antibodies
Until recently, Maharashtra's COVID-19 graph had closely mirrored that of India's but the recent surge witnessed in cities like Mumbai, Pune, Nashik as well as other districts like Amravati and Vidarbha has caused it to deviate significantly from the national graph