India reported a spike of more than 55 thousand COVID cases with 702 fatalities in the last 24 hours. With the new addition, the country’s total COVID tally crossed the 77 lakh mark and the death tally also crossed the mark of 1.16 lakh.
Meanwhile, the second serosurvey which was conducted in Chennai revealed that nearly one-third of Chennai’s population has already exposed to the coronavirus. These results have shown an overall positivity rate of 32.3 percent in the city.
“Results of Chennai Serosurvey-II: Serosurvey samples tested- 6,389 out of which 2,062 are positive for IgG antibodies presence with overall positivity of 32.3 per cent,” Greater Chennai Corporation said in a brief statement.