The survey findings released by the union health ministry on Friday also showed that almost people aged below 18 years were infected in the same proportion. “The seropositivity rate was found to be 67% in persons above 18 and 59% in people below 18 years of age.
In urban areas, the sero positivity was found to be 78% in persons below 18 and 79% in those above 18 years of age," Dr V K Paul, member health, NITI Aayog. “In rural areas, the seropositivity rate was 56% in persons below 18 years of age and 63% in persons above 18.
The infection was found to be almost same in both the age groups," he said. As far as children are concerned, the children were infected, but it was very mild.