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cord-292293-tko186lh	Javed, W.	Sero-prevalence findings from metropoles in Pakistan: implications for assessing COVID-19 prevalence and case-fatality within a dense, urban working population	2020-08-14		.txt	text/plain	1545	66	51	These findings have been extrapolated to the rest of the urban, adult, working population of Pakistan, and as of 6th July, 2020, 4.11 million people in Pakistan have been infected with COVID-19, which is 17.7 times higher than the current number of 231,818 symptom-based PCR cases reported by the government which exclude asymptomatic cases. 2 Although literature indicates that asymptomatic infections within a population may be many folds higher than the number of PCR reported cases, 3, 4 large-scale, sero-prevalence studies within low-risk populations have not yet been conducted in Pakistan. Getz Pharma conducted a 100% census sero-prevalence study on a sample of 24,210 individuals using the IgG/IgM Test Kit (Colloidal gold) with follow-up and sequential testing after every 15-20 days. This is the first of its kind, large scale census conducted on the general, urban population of Pakistan, which indicates the total number of COVID-19 positive cases is 17.7 times higher than symptom-based PCR reported figures.	./cache/cord-292293-tko186lh.txt	./txt/cord-292293-tko186lh.txt