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(1/9) We collated data of Samples Tested & Confirmed Infections from ICMR website

The results are striking

Infection Rate went from 1.17% to 6.09% from 18 Mar - Apr 3

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(2/9) India is currently only testing people eligible under current ICMR testing guidelines. The above data is only relevant to those tested under current ICMR testing guidelines & can't be generalized to the general public.

(3/9) To understand the True Infection Rate of COVID-19, we need to test people at random without any testing guidelines. This is currently infeasible given the shortage of kits.

(4/9) A better understanding of the True Infection Rate of COVID-19 will enable India to make better decisions on various fronts.

(5/9) From Drafting better policies to identification of risk groups not qualifying under current testing guidelines

(6/9) For eg: An Infection Rate study on people with symptoms but no travel history would help determine whether they should be tested or not.

(7/9) 16.2% of the 10,000+ people surveyed by Project Diya show symptoms but no travel history. Project Diya is a social initiative to enable better policy making for COVID-19 testing.

(8/9) Data about whether the general population needs to get a COVID-19 test is not easily available. We built a tool to check if you can get a COVID-19 test based current testing guidelines - https://doctorc.in/covid-19/ 

(9/9) 10000+ Indians have taken this survey in last 96 hours.

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