The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Thursday asserted that the country is definitely not in COVID-19 community transmission phase, and released the results of the first sero-survey on the pandemic spread that stated the urban slum population was most vulnerable to the spread, followed by urban settlement. India coronavirus lockdown Day 79 updates | Helpline numbers“The ICMR has calculated that compared to rural areas, the risk of spread was 1.09 times higher in urban areas and 1.89 times higher in urban slums. The infection fatality rate is very low at 0.08%,’’ ICMR Director General Dr. Balram Bhargava said at a press meet. Also, rise in case fatality rate should be looked into along with tests done per million population,” he said. Coronavirus | ICMR revises testing strategyMaharashtra has been advised to strengthen its ICUs, number of ventilators and testing labs while managing human resource and quality of health care.

Source: The Hindu June 11, 2020 12:59 UTC