Mumbai's Slums Most Infected With SARS-CoV-2

The metro area of Mumbai was reported by FirstPost on September 30, 2020, to have the highest coronavirus seroprevalence of any city in India, with 57.8% of samples from slums found positive for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies. The virus infection rate decreased to 17.4% for samples collected from non-slum areas.

Additionally, the Indian Council of Medical Research's (ICMR) 2nd nationwide serosurvey for antibodies against SARS-CoV-2, found over 7% of India's adult population seems to have been exposed to the coronavirus before the end of August 2020.

According to data from the ICMR on September 29, 2020, a cumulative total of 7,41,96,729 samples have been tested during 2020.